GOP leaders tried to block a bipartisan measure to allow proxy voting, but nine Republicans joined with Democrats to overcome it.
Two moms brought business on the floor of the House of Representatives to a grinding halt on Tuesday over their push to allow remote voting for new parents.
« We said don’t f*** with moms », Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Colo., said on the steps of the U.S. Capitol alongside Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla.
« We worked as a team », Luna said. « And I think that today is a pretty historical day for the entire conference and showing that the body has decided that parents deserve a voice in Washington and also to the importance of female members having a vote in Washington, D.
