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GOP, House and Mike Johnson

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The Boston Globe |
House Speaker Mike Johnson exercised his power of the gavel Tuesday in an unusually aggressive effort to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, ...
The New York Times |
Proponents of the change have called it a common-sense fix to modernize Congress, where more women and more younger members serve now than did 200 years ago.

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House Speaker Johnson fails to squash a proxy voting effort from new moms in Congress
House GOP leadership had attempted to engineer a way to quietly kill the bipartisan plan from two new mothers — Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen.
Speaker Johnson suffers defeat as GOP rebels tank effort to block remote voting for new parents
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday abruptly halted all work in the House after suffering a major defeat over his push to block remote voting in Congress for new parents.
GOP lawmakers sink Speaker Johnson's effort to block remote voting push for new parents
Nine Republicans joined with all Democrats to vote against a procedural rule to advance a package of GOP-led bills over the proxy vote fight.
Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents
The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow new parents to vote remotely in the House.
GOP leaders use loophole in effort to kill proposal allowing new parents to vote remotely
House Republican leadership are working behind the scenes to block the bill from reaching the floor, arguing it is unconstitutional to allow new parents to vote by proxy.
With Rules maneuver, House GOP aims to kill parental proxy push
An intraparty dispute came to a head Tuesday as House Rules Committee Republicans worked to kill an effort to allow proxy voting for new parents.

Trump, Mike Johnson and House Speaker

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New York Post |
Some allies of the president have floated the possibility of him exploiting a succession loophole in the 22nd Amendment.
BBC |
Donald Trump has said he is "not joking" about wanting to serve a third term as US president.

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House Speaker Johnson pours cold water on Trump third term talk: ‘That’s a high bar’
House Speaker Mike Johnson gave a quick reality check to President Trump’s musings about pursuing a third term in the White House, noting that amending the Constitution is a “high
Johnson: ‘High bar’ to change Constitution for third Trump term
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that President Trump recognizes the constraints that prevent him from seeking a third term, saying it is a “high bar” to change the Constitution. “There’s a constitutional path.
Speaker Johnson throws cold water on third term for Trump
House Speaker Mike Johnson said little appetite exists to amend the Constitution and let President Trump seek a third term following remarks that he wasn’t joking about another go-round in the White House.
Can Trump serve a third term as US president?
Donald Trump says "a lot of people want me to do it" and supporters claim there's a loophole to the two-term constitutional limit.
Trump to roll out new tariffs that he promises will free the US from foreign goods
Since the 1960s, tariffs — or import taxes — have emerged from negotiations between dozens of countries. Trump wants to seize the process.
Donald Trump considering ways to serve third term as president
President Donald Trump said Sunday that "I'm not joking" about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitu
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'Conservatives just embarrassed Mike Johnson': MAGA lawmaker lauded after GOP 'mutiny'
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) led the effort to advance remote voting for members of Congress who are new parents. Nine Republicans joined all House Democrats to advance the measure that would allow the new parents to designate a colleague to vote for them for 12 weeks after they or their spouse welcome a new child.
Mike Johnson Loses Battle to Limit GOP Rebels’ Power
WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) failed to tamp down a revolt from some rank-and-file Republicans trying to bypass his authority, in a tussle that included charges of political blackmail and a crackup in the hard-line House Freedom Caucus.
Republicans in Congress move to restrict federal judges who have blocked President Trump
Furious over nationwide injunctions, Congressional Republicans are seeking to limit the impact of the federal judiciary.
Republicans fail to kill remote voting for new moms in Congress
Nine Republicans joined Democrats in backing the measure that is adamantly opposed by House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.
Mike Johnson just hinted at undermining the entire system of checks and balances
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson floated the idea of hobbling our lower federal courts and hence undermining our delicate system of checks and balances.
Inside Mike Johnson's meeting with judiciary hawks over Trump court standoff
House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, discusses Speaker Mike Johnson's warning to district courts, stressing that Congress has power over courts as some judges attempt to block President Donald Trump's agenda.
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