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A majority of House members backed changing the rules to allow new parents to vote remotely. But in a Congress dominated by far-right Republicans, parental leave was a bridge too far.
The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institutional fight it’s not clear he can win.
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.
It was not clear whether the speaker would be able to peel off enough Republicans to prevent the measure from coming up because a majority of House members want to consider it.
It was not clear whether the speaker would be able to peel off enough Republicans to prevent the measure from coming up because a majority of House members want to consider it.
A group of younger lawmakers is pressing to change House rules to allow members who are new parents to vote remotely.