It’s being reported that Speaker Johnson and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna have just made a deal on her proxy voting resolution.
According to Jake Sherman, “Luna will not trigger her discharge petition to institute proxy voting. And Johnson won’t try to kill the resolution again.”
Sherman adds, “In exchange, the House GOP leadership will try to formalize “vote pairing”. It’s an old school way to offset an absence between the two parties. We’ll see how this works.”
What is vote pairing?
“Under House Rule XX, clause 3, the practice of “pairing” involves—under certain procedural circumstances—a Member who is absent during a vote on the House floor arranging with a Member on the opposite side of a specific question who is present during a vote to announce that the Member who is present is forming a “pair” with the absent Member, thus allowing the absent Member to have recorded how he would have voted had he been present.
Lastly, Sherman reports that “Johnson is planning to put a nursing room near the House floor and make day care more accessible for members of the House.”
NEWS — @SpeakerJohnson and @realannapaulina have a deal on the proxy voting situation.
LUNA will not trigger her discharge petition to institute proxy voting. And JOHNSON won't try to kill the resolution — again.
In exchange, the House GOP leadership will try to formalize…
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 6, 2025