Luna accuses House Freedom Caucus of smear; exits group over parental proxy voting battle

One Cheer for Anna Paulina Luna’s Proxy Voting Gambit - First Things

Congressional proxy voting is a terrible idea. It is patently unconstitutional. It is as slippery a slope toward corruption and abuse of power as can be imagined. And even if a proxy scheme worked as honestly as promised, it would still make Congress less representative and Washington’s special interests more entrenched. So House Republicans were absolutely right earlier this month to oppose Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R-FL) proposal to allow memb…

Congress Tables Proxy Voting So State Lawmakers Seek Solutions For Parents

Hawaiʻi House Minority Leader Lauren Matsumoto says she was denied the chance to vote remotely when she gave birth to her daughter in late 2019.

Why one mother urges parents to become health care proxies for their adult children

In 2018, New Hampshire mother Shawnee Baker received a call informing her that her daughter Baylie had been involved in a serious accident. Without a legal medical proxy, Baker and her husband, Scott, were told that Baylie's guardianship was in the hands of the hospital's medical ethics committee.

As Congress tables proxy voting, state lawmakers seek solutions for parents who serve in office

As a bipartisan measure to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy has failed, some lawmakers hope their states can find solutions to bring and keep younger women in state capitols.

How a fight over proxy voting for new parents upended the US House

U.S. House is rethinking its voting rules after a push from Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow proxy voting for new parents.

Checking In On Rep Anna Paulina Luna...

Two weeks ago, the long-awaited JFK files were finally released—yet another move that, in theory, should have been a bombshell. Some may have thought Representative Anna Paulina Luna’s task force would finally put the pieces together. Instead, what are we getting? Remember almost two months ago now when we floated an article about Luna’s JFK […] The post Checking In On Rep Anna Paulina Luna… appeared first on The Hayride.