Proxy Voting Defeat Reflects a House Out of Step With Modern Culture NYT | Top Stories By: Annie Karni 10 April 2025 at 00:38 A majority of House members backed changing the rules to allow new parents to vote remotely. But in a Congress dominated by far-right Republicans, parental leave was a bridge too far. © Tierney L. Cross for The New York TimesSpeaker Mike Johnson went to extraordinary lengths last week to shut down a proposal that would allow new parents in the House to vote remotely.
Mike Johnson Inexplicably Doesn’t Want to Help Out New Parents in Congress NYT | Opinion By: Jessica Grose 2 April 2025 at 05:08 What on earth are Republican leaders thinking in trying to stop a Republican proposal to make it easier for new parents to vote in Congress?
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