Several months later, an aggressive attempt from House Republican leadership to prevent this from getting a vote backfired, prompting an irritated Speaker Mike Johnson to send House members home for the week—on a Tuesday afternoon!

Republican House members recently voted against House Speaker Mike Johnson's effort to kill a bill proposed to help new parents vote by proxy.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s failed effort to shut down a bipartisan bid to allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely highlighted the limits of his power a