Speaker Mike Johnson has reached an agreement with Republican holdouts that will effectively kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that lawmakers could temporarily vote remotely immediately after the birth of a child.
Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House
Source: New York Times |
Author: Annie Karni |
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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 watered-down solution for a narrow set of new mothers.
Summary
Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House. 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 watered-down solution for a narrow set of new mothers.
