Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Luna and Democratic Representative Brittany Pettersen of Colorado have been working to pass legislation that would allow House members to vote by proxy for up to 12 ...

Getty Images Nobody had this one on their “blow up the GOP House majority” bingo card, but that’s what the fight over proxy voting for new parents could do if Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t ...

Image Mr. Johnson shut down the floor for a week to ensure the proxy voting bill would not be voted on.Credit...Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times It was a deflating end to a fight that the ...