Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) emerged victorious in a battle with House GOP leadership after a procedural hurdle to kill Luna’s bill to allow new parents to vote remotely failed.
Nine Republicans, including Luna, dealt Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) an embarrassing blow on Tuesday afternoon by voting against a rule vote to advance several pieces of legislation. Inside the rule was a provision to kill Luna’s bill and others like it in the future, drawing severe backlash from several GOP lawmakers.
With the rule failing, leadership decided to cancel the remainder of votes this week as they struggle to find a way to kill the discharge petition without having another rule failure.
“A handful of Republicans joined with all the Democrats to take down a rule,”
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