House Republicans voted Tuesday to advance a procedural rule that ends a bitter GOP fight over proxy voting for new parents after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) reached a deal.

The rule, which tables the proxy voting for new parents push, was adopted 213-211 mostly along party lines. It also tees up consideration of bills to limit the power of federal judges and require proof of citizenship to register to vote.

The dispute over the proxy voting matter had ballooned into a full-fledged rebellion last week.

Luna had first circumvented leadership to lead a discharge petition to force a vote on Rep. Brittney Pettersen’s (D-Colo.) resolution to allow new parents to designate someone to vote on their behalf for up to 12 weeks after the birth of the child. The rarely-successful maneuver can force bills to the floor for a vote — even against the wishes of the leaders who control the House — if supporters can find 218 signatures to endorse it.

House GOP leaders, arguing that proxy voting is unconstitutional and would lead to a slippery slope, attempted to squash the discharge petition with a hardball procedural gambit. But Luna and eight other Republican rebels last week sunk that procedural vote — blocking action on other GOP priorities in the process. In response, Johnson canceled votes for the rest of the week.

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