WASHINGTON (AP) — Anna Paulina Luna was at her Florida home in fall 2023, caring for her newborn son and turning over a question in her mind as a member of Congress:
“How do I change this?”
Luna, then a first-time mom and first-term lawmaker, could no longer fly to Washington to cast votes in the U.S. House, a crucial part of the job, due to complications from childbirth — which she blamed at least partially on her hectic schedule, having flown to and from the capital during most of her pregnancy.
Luna began reading House rules and found what seemed like a simple solution: allowing proxy voting for new moms.
What Luna
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