House Speaker Mike Johnson opposes a measure that would allow new parents to vote on legislation from home for up to 12 weeks ...
On Jan. 13, a very pregnant Brittany Pettersen missed the first of what could be weeks' worth of votes in the closely divided ...
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, who is a few weeks away from giving birth to her second child, is leading an effort to allow ...
A group of younger lawmakers is pressing to change House rules to allow members who are new parents to vote remotely.
Congress already proved it can make exceptions when it wants to. During COVID, remote voting worked just fine.
Commenting to reporters, Johnson deflected blame away from the returning president, saying, “This is not a President Trump ...
The Founding Fathers no doubt didn't imagine members of Congress being the ones going on pregnancy leave, but the foresight ...
A dozen House lawmakers are pushing to install 12 weeks for new parent proxy voting, a measure GOP leaders seem uninterested ...
Republicans will be focused on reconciliation to get their main priorities accomplished, while Democrats plan to focus on ...
President Biden signed into law the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA), which included three ...