A few blocks from my home, my congresswoman works to gain a proxy vote for herself and voice for me.
Rep. Brittany Pettersen is weeks away from giving birth. Over the past few months she has been working to pass a measure that would allow pregnant women and new parents in Congress to vote remotely for several weeks. It is a common sense solution that is easy to adopt with modern technology.
Except that the anti-family agenda of GOP Speaker of the House Mike Johnson will not allow it…