He doesn't appear to have control of the House floor. An internal GOP fight over whether new parents serving in the House should be able to cast votes by proxy has metastasized into a battle of wills between competing factions of Republicans.

Over a dozen female leaders representing prominent conservative organizations signed a letter urging House Republicans to reject an effort to allow proxy voting by lawmakers with newborns.

With the House at a standstill amid GOP disputes about proxy voting for new parents, a sense is growing that President Trump might have to weigh in to get them out of the chaos — and he is already