UmairProxy Voting Defeat Reflects a House Out of Step With Modern Culture
Parental leave is hardly a cutting-edge subject in the year 2025. The 20 largest employers in the United States have for years offered paid parental leave to at least some…
Johnson, Battling Proxy Voting for Parents, Exposes Weak Hold on House Republicans
Speaker Mike Johnson’s failed effort this week to shut down a bipartisan bid to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely after the birth of a child highlighted the…
Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that new lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the…
Johnson Moves to Block a Bill Allowing New Parents in the House to Vote by Proxy
A long-simmering fight over whether to allow members of Congress to vote remotely after the birth of a new child is coming to a head on Tuesday afternoon, when Speaker…
