Luna reaches deal with Johnson after standoff over remote votes for new parents

Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson reached a deal with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna amid her push to allow new parents to vote remotely, which paralyzed the House last week and threatened to delay a key vote on President Trump's agenda in the coming days. 

Luna, a Florida Republican, announced Sunday she and Johnson had a deal to use vote pairing — an agreement between an absent member and a member who is physically present and plans to vote on the opposite side of the question, effectively canceling out the vote. The present members casts their vote, then withdraws it and announces that they have paired with the absent member. The vote is not included in the vote total, but their positions are published in the Congressional Record. 

"It will be open for the entire conference to use when unable to vote (e.g., new parents, bereaved, emergencies, etc.)," Luna wrote Sunday.