Rep. Brittany Pettersen: I Can’t Do My Job in Congress Because I’m About to Have a Baby
glamour.comThis week, the US House of Representatives geared up for the beginning of the second and voted on key pieces of . But Colorado Rep.
Brittany Pettersen did not get to weigh in. Why? She’s about to to her second child.Pettersen, a Democrat serving Colorado’s third Congressional District, has been unable to cast her vote since , the last day she was cleared by her doctor to fly in her final trimester of pregnancy.
Pettersen is delivering in her home state, and because House rules don’t allow members to vote remotely, she’s been prevented from doing her job.
Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle, including GOP Representative Anna Paulina Luna, have joined Pettersen in a simple request: Allow new parents in this scenario to vote by proxy.
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