House cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: House votes to defy Mike Johnson in painful blow

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Source: The Hill

House cancels rest of votes for week after GOP floor rebellion

by Emily Brooks and Mychael Schnell - 04/01/25 3:33 PM ET

House Republican leaders on Tuesday canceled votes for the rest of the week after a band of GOP lawmakers staged a rebellion on the floor, bringing legislative action to a screeching halt.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) informed lawmakers the next vote in the House would be Monday evening.

The announcement came minutes after nine Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing a procedural rule that would have killed a bipartisan effort to allow proxy voting for new parents. The vote also blocked planned votes on GOP priorities to limit the power of federal judges and to require proof of citizenship to vote.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) successfully used an arcane and rarely successful discharge petition procedure to force a vote on Rep. Brittany Pettersen’s (D-Colo.) resolution to allow members who give birth or lawmakers whose spouses give birth to have another member vote for them for 12 weeks.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5226248-house-cancels-votes-gop-rebellion/

[dem4decades]

1. It is Tuesday, haven't they worked enough?