Luna says agreement reached to allow proxy voting for members ‘unable to be physically present’ including new parents

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said Sunday that she has reached an agreement with Speaker Mike Johnson in their standoff over allowing proxy voting for new parents, which had paralyzed the House last week.

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said Sunday that she has reached an agreement with Speaker Mike Johnson in their standoff over allowing proxy voting for new parents, which had paralyzed the House last week. Luna wrote on X that she and Johnson have agreed to formalize a centuries-old procedure called “live/dead pairing,” allowing members to vote by proxy when they are “unable to be physically present to vote,” including those who are new parents, bereaved or experiencing emergencies. “Thanks to POTUS and his support of new moms being able to vote when recovering from child birth as well as those who worked hard to get these changes done. If we truly want a pro-family Congress, these are the changes that need to happen,” she said. CNN has reached out to Johnson’s office about the agreement. There has been a flurry of calls in recent days between President Donald Trump, Johnson and Luna to seek a path forward on the issue, which halted all House floor action last week, CNN previously reported. Johnson sent members home on Tuesday after suffering an embarrassing defeat when a group of nine GOP rebels, led by Luna, tanked a procedural vote, despite a fierce pressure campaign from Johnson and his allies to support it.