After nine Republicans joined all Democrats to tank a procedural vote Tuesday afternoon, Speaker Mike Johnson had a novel solution: everyone go home.
“We can’t have any further action on the floor this week,” Johnson told reporters after a rule, which would have killed a discharge petition from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to allow new parents to vote remotely for 12 weeks, failed 206-222.
“It was very unfortunate,” a visibly frustrated Johnson said as he left the House chamber. “We’ll regroup and come back and we’ll have to do this again.”