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House GOP leaders play hardball to stop Luna push for proxy voting for new parents
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:15 am
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:15 am
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House Republican leaders are playing hardball as they try to stop Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) from triggering a vote on a bill to allow proxy voting for new parents, throwing a procedural hurdle at the push that will test the will of those who support Luna’s full-on legislative war against Republican leadership.
Using arcane parliamentary warfare, GOP leaders are preparing a vote for Tuesday that issues a dare to the Republican lawmakers: If you vote to support Luna and allow her proposal to come to the floor, you will halt action on other legislation that President Trump supports, including on limiting the power of federal judges and requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
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Luna — who has long pushed for proxy voting for new moms and had her first child months into her first term — resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on Monday after members of the group pushed the Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to be more aggressive in trying to kill her measure. She said in a resignation letter that “respect” among lawmakers in the group had been “shattered last week” and alleged that they threatened to halt floor action if the Speaker did not agree to their hardball tactics.
Luna earlier this month had gotten more than 200 House Democrats and about a dozen Republicans to sign a discharge petition to allow her to force floor action on the proxy voting resolution. The legislation itself is being led by Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.), who had a child in January, and would allow members who give birth or lawmakers whose spouses give birth to designate another member to vote on their behalf for 12 weeks.
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Discharge petitions are rarely successful, and amount to a major defiance of leadership. Johnson, arguing against the move to members last week, called it a “tool of the minority.”
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:17 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
She can bring a bill up for vote at my house anytime.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:20 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Dumb bitch
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:29 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
If you can’t show up and vote in-person, then you shouldn’t be in Congress.
Luna’s measure is disgraceful. She needs to be voted out. Clearly she isn’t serious about being in Congress.
Luna’s measure is disgraceful. She needs to be voted out. Clearly she isn’t serious about being in Congress.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:31 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
That freedom caucus loves freedom eh
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:33 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Why is this a hill to die on? How many pregnant women per year are we talking about? 1 or 2?
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:35 am to nes2010
They want to allow proxy voting for everyone in the House. The dems love it because they don’t have to show-up and can just have staffers voting. Many of their members are in poor health, would rather stay home in the west coast, etc.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:36 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Didn't Luna have a difficult time when her baby was born?
Do you want members to miss out on an important vote because they can't vote by proxy?
Do you want members to miss out on an important vote because they can't vote by proxy?
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:38 am to Riverside
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Luna’s measure is disgraceful. She needs to be voted out. Clearly she isn’t serious about being in Congress.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:39 am to BuckyCheese
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Dumb bitch
Republicans trying to block this voted by proxy.
Republicans should be more pro family.
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Anna Paulina Luna
@realannapaulina
I made the ask to just allow new moms to vote and they still said no. So we are here now. The argument here is no longer making sense. They say it is unconstitutional yet they voted by proxy.
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 10:41 am
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:40 am to L1C4
Then maybe this wasn’t the best time for her to run for Congress. She’s a public servant. If she can’t be there to vote in person, then she’s probably not the right person to represent her district in Washington.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:42 am to Riverside
We need less abortions!
But if you are a mother you can't serve in government!
But if you are a mother you can't serve in government!
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 10:43 am
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:42 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
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who has long pushed for proxy voting for new moms and had her first child months into her first term — resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on Monday
Why was a nanny stater like Anna Ocasio Luna in the Freedom Caucus to begin with
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:43 am to nes2010
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Why is this a hill to die on? How many pregnant women per year are we talking about? 1 or 2?
I don't get it either. It's self serving b/c she just had a kid I believe.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:44 am to dgnx6
I know it’s unpopular these days to suggest that people in Congress put their district first over personal or family considerations. Public service necessarily involves difficult sacrifices.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:46 am to Riverside
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She’s a public servant.
And she wants women to be able to do their jobs they were voted in to do even if they are stuck in a hospital bed.
This seems like a really tone def view by GOP leadership. This is the equivalent of saying it is ok to fire a woman for being pregnant. The courts would have a field day with the lawsuits.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:47 am to Riverside
Yea, you want to represent your constituents in congress then get your arse to the house and vote damn it. It’s your job!!!!!!
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:47 am to dgnx6
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But if you are a mother you can't serve in government!
No one is saying this.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:49 am to Riverside
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They want to allow proxy voting for everyone in the House. The dems love it because they don’t have to show-up and can just have staffers voting. Many of their members are in poor health, would rather stay home in the west coast, etc.
Is that actually in the bill? Because the article says it is for pregnant mothers and their spouses. Not anyone that has poor health or wants to sit at home.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 10:49 am to Penrod
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No one is saying this.
Except that's exactly what they are saying.
Just another instance of the Republican party not being able to get out of it's own damn way.
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 10:51 am
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