Bipartisan group of House lawmakers renew pushes for new parent proxy voting

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is pushing to amend the chamber rules to allow proxy voting for members who are new parents, renewing an initiative from last Congress that Republican leadership declined to pursue.

Reps. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), and Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced a resolution on Thursday that would seek to make Congress “more accessible to women and young parents” and reflect the “life experiences of the people it serves.”