The House Rules Committee went into recess on Monday night without taking action that would tee up a way for House Republican leaders to block Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) from forcing a vote on allowing new parents to vote by proxy.

The panel is scheduled to reconvene at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, when it will unveil and pass a rule that will officially reveal if GOP leaders will play hardball in trying to defeat the proposal.

Luna and others are waiting for the official play call from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has been having discussions with members over the last week about how to handle the matter — and has not convinced a defiant Luna to back down.

Luna earlier this month defied leadership and oversaw a successful discharge petition — getting signatures from over 200 Democrats and 11 other Republicans — that could allow her to use........

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