Several months later, an aggressive attempt from House Republican leadership to prevent this from getting a vote backfired, prompting an irritated Speaker Mike Johnson to send House members home for the week—on a Tuesday afternoon!

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is canceling the week's voting agenda after several Republicans joined Democrats in a vote to change the rules to allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy. The announcement came after nine Republicans joined all Democrats in a 206-222 vote against Johnson's attempt to block plans that would allow lawmakers who become parents to vote remotely for up to three months.

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) failed to tamp down a revolt from some rank-and-file Republicans trying to bypass his authority, in a tussle that included charges of political blackmail and a crackup in the hard-line House Freedom Caucus.