House GOP leaders scrubbed the floor schedule for the week after a small number of Republicans banded together with Democrats to derail an attempt to stop a bipartisan proposal that would allow proxy voting for new parents.
Nine Republicans joined with 213 Democrats to defeat a rule that provided for consideration of bills that had been slated to get votes in the next couple of days, including legislation to stem the tide of nationwide injunctions and require voters prove their United States citizenship for federal elections.
What drove the rebellion was how the measure also included language that sought to stifle a discharge petition from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) that gathered enough signatures — 218 in total — to force leadership to act on a resolution to allow for parental remote voting by proxy within two legislative days.
“At the last minute, leadership chose to tie my…
