A Conversation with Our Local Politicians on Parenthood Author: Jess Schnur Publication: The Chronicle Date: March 2025 ...

Lawmakers face the daunting task of crafting a sweeping plan to turn the heart of President Trump's domestic agenda into law. It will be a crucial test for House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Victor Ashe writes about Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty's puzzling praise for TVA board firings and praises Tim Burchett ...

In a matter of months, the subject became a highly charged debate that crossed party lines and united a younger generation of lawmakers.

WASHINGTON — Anna Paulina Luna ... during most of her pregnancy. Luna began reading House rules and found what seemed like a simple solution: allowing proxy voting for new moms.

Without a precedent in Congress, lawmakers remain hopeful that statehouses can change instead. Parents say proxy voting would allow women valuable and sometimes medically necessary time to recover and ...

Anna Paulina Luna, who had been leading the congressional push, said she reached an compromise with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson last week that does not include proxy voting.