Brittany Pettersen from the Democratic Party appeared voting in the House of Representatives of the US with a four -week son. – Unfortunately, I was not able to vote dusk after delivery – the politician emphasized, speaking in Congress.
On Tuesday, Republicans voted a slight majority of the law on government expenditure by a slight majority of votes. This is “significant support for President Donald Trump in the implementation of his program,” emphasized the BBC portal. He adds that the result 217 to 215 in favor of the Republican Party “was seen as a key, early test for the Republican Chairman of the Chamber of Representatives Mike Johnson, who canceled earlier voting, because he apparently did not have enough support.”
The CNN portal pointed out that the Democratic Party “tried to get almost full turnout” on Tuesday's vote: Kevin Mullin appeared in Congress, who returns to health after knee surgery and Brittana Pettersen, who gave birth to her son only four weeks earlier.
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A newborn baby in the US Congress
– Today I am with my newborn alone, who is only four weeks old. Unfortunately, I was not given the opportunity to vote dusk after delivery, but I did not intend to allow me to stop me from representing my voters and voting against this catastrophic budget proposal of Republicans – said Pettersen in Congress.
Brittany Pettersen with his son in the US CongressEnex
Congressmen from Colorado referred to the case on social media. A photo with the son and the Budol of the Capitol in the background joined the entry. “They want to take health care from 400 thousand children from Colorado, take food from the plates of seniors and veterans and make life more expensive for hard -working residents of Colorado – all to be able to grant tax breaks to corporations and billionaires, such as Elon Musk” – – She assessed the politician in the entry.
In January, the announcer of the Chamber of Representatives Mike Johnson rejected the proposal of the Democrats group who wanted to introduce the possibility of remote voting in the Congress for new parents, within 12 weeks after the birth of a child, as reported by, among others, MSNBC.
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