Johnson shoots down Luna’s proxy voting proposal for female members giving birth

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would not support her proposal to allow women in Congress who have given birth to vote by proxy, a blow to the Florida congresswoman’s agenda that could have ramifications for the speaker’s leadership reelection bid.

“Today, after speaking with [Johnson] about this for months, I was told he will not support allowing female members to vote if they give birth,” Luna said in an X post. “Among other things, this is something that I fundamentally disagree with him on.”

Luna, who gave birth to a baby last year while in office, said she’s had conversations with multiple female members and “some young fathers” on both sides of the aisle, learning that many are being

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