An agreement between Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to rely on vote “pairing” for recent and expecting mothers falls short of making Congress a more welcoming place for young parents,

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen on Tuesday celebrated a rare bipartisan victory in Congress. The big picture: The Lakewood Democrat joined U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) in backing a resolution to allow members of Congress who are new parents to vote by proxy — despite House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.

The Democratic sponsors of legislation empowering new parents to vote remotely are rejecting a recent alternative from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) designed to block the proxy vote legislation