Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) says she and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are discussing possible paths out of the clash over proxy voting for new parents that has brought the House to a halt, threatening to derail President Trump’s legislative agenda at a critical time.

Luna said on X that Johnson called her after Trump weighed in on the matter on Thursday, saying that he liked the idea of proxy voting for new moms.

“We discussed limiting the vote to just new moms who cannot physically travel in event of emergency etc. This is smart,” Luna said in the post.

Johnson, meanwhile, initially reiterated his opposition to proxy voting for new parents — which he argues is unconstitutional and would lead to a slippery slope of remote voting for other reasons — in wake of Trump’s comments, sharing a piece from the conservative Washington Examiner that said proxy voting for moms “endangers........

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