Pro-Family Mike Johnson Fails to Block Effort to Allow New Parents in Congress to Vote Remotely

[iluvatar5150]

Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.

www.nytimes.com

Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that new lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suffering an embarrassing defeat that signaled that the proposal could soon be adopted.

In using strong-arm tactics to try to block the measure, Mr. Johnson was attempting an extraordinary use of the speaker’s power to prevent the chamber from even considering a measure backed by half its members. But he failed to peel off enough Republican votes to block the proposal, instead receiving a public rebuke at the hands of members of both parties.​

 

[Fantine]

He has a hard job. When he stood next to Trump as the president claimed he had never heard of Signal and his cabinet members who invited a reporter to their war plans did nothing wrong, Johnson was chewing on his lips with a glazed look in his eyes.
He knows...he's just helping maintain the president's front by pretending all is normal.

 

[FireDragon76]

It's a feature, not a bug... the New Right thinks women should stay at home.

 

[Hans Blaster]

He has a hard job. When he stood next to Trump as the president claimed he had never heard of Signal and his cabinet members who invited a reporter to their war plans did nothing wrong, Johnson was chewing on his lips with a glazed look in his eyes.
He knows...he's just helping maintain the president's front by pretending all is normal.

It's obviously too hard for poor Mikey. After losing the vote to kill Luna's resolution he sent the House home for the rest of the week.

 

[Pommer]

Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.

www.nytimes.com

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Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday tried and failed to kill a bipartisan effort to change House rules so that new lawmakers would temporarily be allowed to vote remotely after the birth of a child, suffering an embarrassing defeat that signaled that the proposal could soon be adopted.​

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In using strong-arm tactics to try to block the measure, Mr. Johnson was attempting an extraordinary use of the speaker’s power to prevent the chamber from even considering a measure backed by half its members. But he failed to peel off enough Republican votes to block the proposal, instead receiving a public rebuke at the hands of members of both parties.​

Apparently for Speaker Johnson it goes “God, Country, Family”

 

[essentialsaltes]

Because of the pro-family GOP rebellion, they're cancelling all House votes until next week. This provides more of the inside baseball about privileged motions, discharge petitions, and whatnot. [Maybe the failing NYT did as well]

House cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion​

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) informed lawmakers the next vote in the House would be Monday evening.

The announcement came minutes after nine Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing a procedural rule that would have killed a bipartisan effort to allow proxy voting for new parents.

Without adopting a rule, the House is unable to debate and vote on big-ticket legislative items.

The thwarted rule means the House leaders cannot hold votes as planned on the No Rogue Rulings Act, which would limit the power of federal judges to impose nationwide injunctions like those that have blocked Trump administration actions; and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.

But now, it appears the earliest the [proxy voting] resolution could come up is Monday — a fly-in day, when evening House votes typically have lower attendance, a dynamic that could complicate the path for the proxy voting resolution if leaders bring it up.