{"id":2371374,"date":"2024-11-20T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lunas-proxy-voting-proposal-for-childbirth-rejected-by-johnson-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T21:23:49","slug":"lunas-proxy-voting-proposal-for-childbirth-rejected-by-johnson-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lunas-proxy-voting-proposal-for-childbirth-rejected-by-johnson-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Luna&#8217;s proxy voting proposal for childbirth rejected by Johnson- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flunas-proxy-voting-proposal-for-childbirth-rejected-by-johnson-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. \u200bAnna Paulina Luna (R-FL) expressed her disappointment after \u200bHouse Speaker Mike \u2062Johnson (R-LA) rejected\u200c her\u200b proposal to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-claims-layer-of-misogyny-behind-threats-criticisms-against-her\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer Claims \u2018Layer Of Misogyny\u2019 Behind Threats, Criticisms Against Her\">female members<\/a> of \u200dCongress who have recently given birth to vote by\u2062 proxy. Luna, \u2062who became a mother while in office, \u2063highlighted the pressures that both\u200d women and young fathers feel regarding the choice\u2063 between\u200c family \u2062and their \u200cvoting responsibilities. She criticized Johnson&#8217;s decision as not only anti-family \u200cbut also disrespectful \u200cto the constituents they represent. She indicated that this could influence her support in the upcoming\u200d speaker reelection, especially as hard-line\u200c Republicans previously considered alternatives to Johnson\u2019s\u2063 leadership. Ultimately, Johnson received\u200d easy nomination for reelection \u200ddespite the internal GOP discussions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Johnson shoots down Luna&rsquo;s proxy voting proposal for female members giving birth<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1886110\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anna-paulina-luna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) said House Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) would not support her proposal to allow women in <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a> who have given birth to vote by proxy, a blow to the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Florida<\/a> congresswoman&rsquo;s agenda that could have ramifications for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-strategizing-to-bypass-democrats-in-order-to-advance-trumps-agenda-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Republicans strategizing to bypass Democrats in order to advance Trump&#039;s agenda - Washington Examiner\">speaker&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s leadership reelection bid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Today, after speaking with [Johnson] about this for months, I was told he will not support allowing female members to vote if they give birth,&rdquo; Luna said in an X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/1859307872921817338\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a>. &ldquo;Among other things, this is something that I fundamentally disagree with him on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Luna, who gave birth to a baby last year while in office, said she&rsquo;s had conversations with multiple female members and &ldquo;some young fathers&rdquo; on both sides of the aisle, learning that many are being pressured into not having children because they are told they cannot vote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not only anti-family, but is also a slap in the face to the hundreds of thousands of voters who send members to represent them in DC,&rdquo; Luna, 35, said. &ldquo;Female members should not be forced to choose between representing their constituents and having children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My proposal of allowing women in congress to vote after birth (in line with the constitution) was what I was asking to be allowed to come to the floor for a vote by the ENTIRE 119th Congress. Today, after speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a> about this for months, I was told, He will&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLuna\/status\/1859307872921817338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Luna told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;last week that<\/span> Johnson&rsquo;s response to her proposal could impact her vote in the speaker race next year. Prior to the GOP leadership elections last week, hard-line Republicans had been reportedly trying to find an alternative to Johnson to challenge him.<\/p>\n<p>No challenger was put forward, and Johnson was easily nominated for reelection. However, given Republicans&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">projected razor-thin majority<\/a> for the next Congress, he will need to rely on every vote in his favor to continue possessing the speaker&rsquo;s gavel. Given the challenges to Johnson&rsquo;s leadership over the past year, members such as Luna could make or break Johnson&rsquo;s ability to keep his position.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida congresswoman said she wanted her proposal to be part of the House rules legislation next year, which lawmakers will vote on shortly after being sworn into the 119th Congress on Jan. 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) enacted widespread proxy voting during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Republicans ended the practice when they retook the House majority, saying members should show up to work like other Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Luna said if Johnson was serious about uniting the Republican conference, he should support it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Either you&rsquo;re for women being able to vote in Congress, or you&rsquo;re not,&rdquo; the Florida congresswoman said. &ldquo;And if you&rsquo;re not, I don&rsquo;t think that you can say that you&rsquo;re trying to unify the governing body &hellip; when you&rsquo;re just trying to unify a male governing body.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Johnson for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1886110\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1886110\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnson rejects Luna&#8217;s proxy voting plan for new mothers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2371375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23290648930221-scaled-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20689,4162,18336,38422,32076],"class_list":["post-2371374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-childbirth","tag-johnson","tag-luna","tag-proxy-voting","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23290648930221-scaled-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371374"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371378,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371374\/revisions\/2371378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}