If you gave birth, it is a very intense few weeks in a recovery period, post birth … These are very real medical ...

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday formally sidelined a proposal pushed by Colorado Democrat ...

The Colorado representative’s push to end an archaic rule that’s forced her to bring her 10-week old to Congress four times ...

A weeks-long dustup over proxy voting for new parents in the House came to an end Tuesday despite a last-ditch effort from ...

Brittany Pettersen gained an unexpected ally after ... voiced his support for the lawmakers’ proposal to authorize proxy voting by moms and dads caring for newborns. “You’re having a baby ...

Allowing new parents in Congress to vote by proxy is officially dead in the U.S. House of Representatives. Republicans scrapped the idea by tucking language in a rule that passed the chamber along ...

Democrat Brittany Pettersen holds her baby while advocating for proxy voting rights, igniting debate on parental ...

Brittany Pettersen said Monday. Pettersen, a Colorado Democrat, partnered with the Luna, R-Fla., this Congress to push for changing House rules and allow new mothers and fathers to vote by proxy.

❌ A bipartisan bill led by Colorado U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-Lakewood) to allow members of Congress who are new ...

Brittany Pettersen, both new mothers ... and more of its members are having babies.) Without proxy voting, a congresswoman who has a C-section either needs to fail to do her job or get on an ...

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, they say. That is especially true if eggs are running $13 a dozen. Last week the House Rules Committee ignored that advice and the House responded by ...