Anna Paulina Luna of Florida withdrew her membership from the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Monday amid a divide over whether the lower chamber should allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely around the birth of their child.

Anna Paulina Luna wrote in a letter that she was leaving the House Freedom Caucus over their stance on her efforts to let new parents vote by proxy.

Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on Monday night after the group moved to prevent a vote on her plan to allow new fathers and mothers to vote in the House by proxy rather than having to travel with their infants.

House Speaker Mike Johnson called the outcome "disappointing," adding that a "handful of Republicans joined with all the Democrats to take down a rule — that's rarely done."

The House voted to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is forcing a vote on legislation to enable new parents serving in Congress to vote remotely in the weeks surrounding the birth of their child. Luna introduced the measure as a "privileged resolution" on Tuesday, which gives House leaders two legislative days to take up the measure.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is leaving the Freedom Caucus over the group's opposition to let lawmakers who are new parents to vote by proxy

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Backers of a new state law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote touted Wyoming as the “first in the nation” to do so, but that’s not entirely true,

Freedom Caucus members in the Senate blocked a vote on legislation providing a tax credit to make it more affordable for Missourians to get engineering degrees.

Representative Anna Luna became the latest member to leave the House Freedom Caucus, accusing others of backroom dealing and smears.