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President Trump on Thursday threw his support behind a bipartisan effort to allow proxy voting for new parents in Congress, dealing a major blow to Speaker Mike Johnson’s attempts to kill the measure.
From The New York Times
The Republican Party proudly touts its adherence to “family values,” however, with a few brave enough to defy the party’s stand, it is once more rejecting any bipartisan proposal, no matter what.
From The Denver Post

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Trump Supports Proxy Voting for New Parents in Congress, a Blow to Johnson
The president’s comment was a rare instance in which he and House Speaker Mike Johnson were not on the same side of an issue.
Trump Says He Supports Parental Proxy Voting—Which Mike Johnson Calls ‘Unconstitutional’
You’re having a baby, you should be able to call in and vote,” the president said aboard Air Force One on Thursday.
Trump backs Luna push for House parental proxy voting
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Letters: As a leader for “family values” surely Johnson supports proxy voting?
I find it painfully ironic that the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, is so outspoken and combatively negative on the topic of allowing new parents in Congress the limited right to vote
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Speaker Johnson scrambles for solutions to parental proxy voting impasse
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is scrambling to break the impasse over the push to allow proxy voting for new parents, as the standoff between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.)
Luna’s proxy voting battle hits House floor with GOP divided
Eyes will be on Republicans to see if they buck leadership and the Freedom Caucus to vote down a rule killing Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's parent proxy voting bill.
Anna Paulina Luna forces House leadership's hand on proxy voting as GOP war escalates
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is forcing a vote on legislation to enable new parents serving in Congress to vote remotely in the weeks surrounding the birth of their child. Luna introduced the measure as a "privileged resolution" on Tuesday, which gives House leaders two legislative days to take up the measure.
Rep. Luna: All we did was ask for a fair vote | Elizabeth Vargas Reports
A move to stop a proxy voting effort led by new moms in Congress failed in the House of Representatives. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., joins "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" to discuss.
Digging In Against Proxy Voting, Johnson Exposes His Weak Hold on the House
The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institutional fight it’s not clear he can win.
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