OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
6:47 PM – Monday, March 31, 2025
In the midst of her conflict with “hard-line” Republicans and other GOP leadership over her support for proxy voting for new parents, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) announced on Monday that she is stepping down from the House Freedom Caucus.
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As some conservatives attempted to block her attempt to schedule a vote on parental proxy voting last week, Luna wrote in a letter to Freedom Caucus members that the “respect” among lawmakers in the caucus had been “shattered.”
According to Luna, members of the Freedom Caucus threatened to “halt floor proceedings indefinitely” unless Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) changed House rules to prevent her push.
“With a heavy heart, I am resigning from the Freedom Caucus,” Luna stated in a letter, obtained by The Hill. “I cannot remain part of a caucus where a select few operate outside its guidelines, misuse its name, broker backroom…
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