Johnson: ‘Working on every possible accommodation’ for mothers amid parental proxy voting impasse

Letters: As a leader for “family values” surely Johnson supports proxy voting?

Speaker Johnson on wrong side of proxy voting Re: “Speaker’s effort to block proxy voting rejected,” April 2 news story I find it painfully ironic that the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, is so outspoken and combatively negative on the topic of allowing new parents in Congress the limited right to vote by proxy. That should be given an easy pass. The Republican Party proudly touts its adherence to “family values,” however, with a few brave e…

Speaker Johnson scrambles for solutions to parental proxy voting impasse

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is scrambling to break the impasse over the push to allow proxy voting for new parents, as the standoff between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) hardens. A band of nine Republicans, led by Luna, joined with Democrats on Tuesday to torpedo a vote on a procedural rule that included language to thwart the proxy voting effort, halting unrelated key legislative business on the House floor and prompting l…

Johnson: 'Working on every possible accommodation' for mothers amid parental proxy voting impasse

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is “working on every possible accommodation” to make it easier for mothers to serve in Congress amid the impasse between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) over parental proxy voting. “Proxy voting aside, I am actively working on every possible accommodation to make Congressional service simpler for young mothers,” Johnson wrote on the social platform X. “As the pro-family party, …

Johnson: ‘Working on every possible accommodation’ for mothers amid parental proxy voting impasse

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is “working on every possible accommodation” to make it easier for mothers to serve in Congress amid the impasse between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) over parental proxy voting. “Proxy voting aside, I am actively working on every possible accommodation to make Congressional service…

Congresswoman Brings Infant to Work to Tell Speaker Mike Johnson Not to Mess With Moms

Johnson says he wont concede on parents proxy voting battle as impasse continues

(WASHINGTON) — With the House of Representatives at a standstill, Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to fold on his strong opposition to allowing new parents in Congress to vote remotely. “I don’t concede on something that I believe to be unconstitutional. I can’t. I took an oath to uphold the Constitution. So, we’re going to find a path through this. We’re working on that,” Johnson said Wednesday. “I talked to everybody who voted against the rule…