WASHINGTON—Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are set for a showdown on the House floor next week over Luna’s push to allow proxy voting for members of Congress who are new parents.
The House is expected to vote on a resolution first introduced by Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.), who gave birth to a son in January, to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely rather than attending the Capitol in person for up to 12 weeks. They would need to notify the House clerk of their proxy votes.
Luna, who gave birth in 2023 during her freshman year in Congress, then took up the cause by leading a discharge petition—a parliamentary maneuver to force a vote on the issue on the House floor—in spite of Johnson’s opposition to the bill....
