Anna Paulina Luna leaves House Freedom Caucus
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Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna tore into the House Freedom Caucus as she resigned from the ultraconservative group on Monday, accusing some members of backroom dealings and betraying its core value...
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But Luna’s colleagues in the far-right House Freedom Caucus strongly oppose her efforts and have vowed to halt all business on the House floor indefinitely to stop her discharge petition.
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Anna Paulina Luna of Florida withdrew her membership from the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Monday amid a divide over whether the lower chamber should allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely around the birth of their child.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is resigning from the House Freedom Caucus, she announced in a letter to fellow conservatives on Monday.
The Washington Examiner asked several members of the caucus about Luna’s decision to leave, but they declined to comment.
Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on Monday night after the group moved to prevent a vote on her plan to allow new fathers and mothers to vote in the House by proxy rather than having to travel with their infants.
Anna Paulina Luna wrote in a letter that she was leaving the House Freedom Caucus over their stance on her efforts to let new parents vote by proxy.
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