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Baby on Board? Proxy Voting Roils the House, Spurring One Congresswoman To Abandon the Freedom Caucus

Welcome to Washington, where in coming days a GOP congresswoman’s push to allow new parents to vote by proxy will expose disagreements.

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Speaker Johnson at a swearing-in ceremony for Representative Anna Paulina Luna, right, her husband Andrew Gamberzky, and her son at the Capitol on January 3, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images
MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

A feud over proxy voting is roiling House Republicans — and even prompting one member of the GOP’s Freedom Caucus to abandon the conservative group.

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MATTHEW RICE
MATTHEW RICE

Mr. Rice, based in the nation's capital, covers current events in politics.

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