Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House NYT | Top Stories By: Annie Karni 8 April 2025 at 08:40 Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a narrower solution for new mothers. © Eric Lee/The New York TimesRepresentative Anna Paulina Luna, Republican of Florida, speaking at the Capitol last month.