Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen said the decision to bring her 9-week-old was "difficult" but illustrated the need to pass ...

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen on Tuesday celebrated a rare bipartisan victory in Congress. The big picture: The Lakewood ...

Colorado Democrat Brittany Pettersen gained an unexpected ally after House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled the chamber's floor ...

US Rep Brittany Pettersen, who is also a new mom, wants a bill brought to the House floor for a vote that would allow ...

Pettersen, along with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., are some of the few lawmakers to have ever given birth while serving in ...

Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen is leading a push to allow new parents to vote by proxy instead of in person in Congress ...

Nine House Republicans joined all 213 Democrats Tuesday to keep alive a bill that would allow lawmakers who are new parents ...

The House voted to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow ...

House leaders tried to kill the idea of proxy voting for new parents, but rank and file members sent them a different message.

Representatives Anna Paulina Luna, R-FL, and Brittany Pettersen, D-CO ... new parents would be allowed to vote by proxy for 12 weeks after the birth of a new child. However, when it came to ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson suffered a decisive defeat after he tried and failed to squash a proposal for new parents in ...

Brittany Pettersen, a Democrat from Colorado ... in the House of Representatives to be able to vote by proxy. Proxy voting, which allowed lawmakers to designate another member to vote on their ...