Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., spoke on the House floor while holding her newborn baby to advocate for a proposal for new parents in Congress to be able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, as they care for newborns. A group of Republican lawmakers later sunk Speaker Mike Johnson's effort to block the proxy-voting push, which has been led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.
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