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Texas House resoundingly rejects effort to remove Speaker Dustin Burrows
AUSTIN, Texas — In a rare move on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives Wednesday morning, a Republican state ...
Speaker Johnson fails to squash proxy voting effort from new moms in Congress
About a dozen women have given birth while in Congress over the years, and there are many new fathers as well.
Speaker Mike Johnson tries and fails to derail proxy voting for new moms in Congress
Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen, asked after the vote about her message to Republican leaders, said, “We said, ‘Don’t f--- ...
On an issue important to GOP leaders, Trump undercuts Speaker Johnson
On proxy voting for new moms in Congress, the president cut the Republican House Speaker off at the knees, despite his ...
Jeffries challenges Johnson to debate the GOP budget on the House floor
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has formally challenged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to debate the Republicans ...
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Speaker Johnson suffers a defeat in his push to block parents in the U.S. House from proxy voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson endured a decisive ... who rarely exercises the power of his gavel in such a determined way as he did trying to prevent the bipartisan plan from ...
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House Speaker Johnson fails to squash a proxy voting effort from new moms in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson exercised his power of the gavel Tuesday in an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy ...