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Speaker Johnson Says He Has Trump’s Backing on Proxy Voting for Members Who Are New Parents

Trump had told reporters on Air Force One that House members should be able to vote remotely, though he deferred to Johnson.
Speaker Johnson Says He Has Trump’s Backing on Proxy Voting for Members Who Are New Parents
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Feb. 5, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on April 4 that President Donald Trump supports him when it comes to voting by proxy in the House.

“Thank you, [Donald Trump] for your leadership: ‘Mike, you have my proxy on proxy voting.’ America is grateful to have a President who appreciates and understands the complexity of legislative branch issues and governing with a razor-thin House majority. Democrats tried proxy voting before and it was terribly abused. We cannot open that Pandora’s box again,” Johnson wrote in a post on social media platform X.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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