Democratic Rep. Pettersen challenges GOP's budget bill with newborn in tow

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Congresswoman votes with newborn in arms after ban on proxy voting

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Colorado's Brittany Pettersen flies with newborn to DC while on maternity leave to cast budget vote

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen traveled Tuesday from Colorado to Washington, D.C., carrying her month-old infant in her arms to vote against a Republican budget plan the Lakewood Democrat described as "cruel and dangerous."

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Dem Rep. On Maternity Leave Shows Up With Infant After GOP Refuses To Let Her Vote Remotely

Colorado Democratic Representative Brittany Pettersen has been on maternity leave but she nonetheless showed up to cast her "no" vote on the GOP budget resolution yesterday because they refused to let her vote remotely.Pettersen voted against the resolution alongside all of Colorado’s House Democrats, while the state’s Republican representatives supported it—all while she held her sleeping four-week-old son, Sam, in her arms. The vote was 217-21…

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Democratic lawmaker brought her newborn son to vote against GOP proposal

Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) says she had to return to Washington with her one-month-old son to vote against the Republican budget proposal. House Speaker Mike Johnson was able to flip several Republican votes, and the budget proposal ultimately passed. Johnson previously argued that allowing lawmakers to vote remotely is unconstitutional.

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Democratic Rep. Pettersen challenges GOP's budget bill with newborn in tow

Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colorado, carried her newborn to vote against the GOP budget, expressing frustration over the denial of proxy voting and advocating for new parents' rights.

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Democratic representative Brittany Pettersen was denied the possibility of voting remotely or using a proxy, so she took things – and her baby – into her own hands to make her vote count. The first months of babies are full of milestones. First smiles, first solid foods, [...]