Republicans moved to end proxy voting in 2023, after retaking control of the House of Representatives. Luna had received at least 218 signatures on a discharge position and earlier sought to bring the rule to a vote, but Johnson held a procedural vote to block it.

Nine House Republicans joined all 213 Democrats Tuesday to keep alive a bill that would allow lawmakers who are new parents to cast proxy votes for three months after their child’s birth.

Several Republicans joined Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Democrats to deliver a blow to GOP leaders and keep proxy hopes alive for new House parents.

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

The House GOP battle over proxy voting for new parents escalated to a full-blown procedural war Tuesday that will have ramifications for Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) ability to control his

Anna Paulina Luna wrote in a letter that she was leaving the House Freedom Caucus over their stance on her efforts to let new parents vote by proxy.

Luna co-sponsored a bipartisan measure to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely around the birth of their child. Some conservatives are trying to stop it.