Rep. Brittany Pettersen on the Defeat of Proxy Voting: ‘It’s So Out of Touch With Women in America’
lusterWe learned on Monday that a deal had been reached on the issue of voting by proxy, but it was far from changing the rule she suggested. Can you explain what was agreed upon? What is the vote, exactly?
So, if you and I in Congress together and I could not be there, but I was votes yes on a draft law and I was not voting, if I agreed to associate with me, you will vote instead of not, until our voices canceled each other and my absence will not affect the result.
Now, the reason why this is not done and what you brought on [House] The floor is … What will the Republican vote on my behalf this week if I would leave? Of course, there will be no fans to do so. We vote on the budget. We vote on bills they see priority, so they will not be in a “present” vote rather than vote in support.
True, with the division of Congress as it is difficult to find a fans who want to get rid of his vote effectively on your behalf.
It brings a political responsibility if you are a “present” registered to vote rather than vote in its favor or against it. It does not guarantee that the absent legislator has a sound and that you are represented in these narrow conditions.
MP Luna, Republican, was a major ally for you in this battle. Why do you eventually think she agreed to this deal, although this was not what you were hoping?
She was working through her leadership, policy and relationships, and she was trying to see what we could get … Unfortunately blaming her at the house in which he was raised when this was the mistake of the spokesman Johnson. Thus, there is a point where you can take this battle politically?
She gave birth to 10 weeks ago, and now traveled to Washington, DC for voting four times. How was this experience for you?
The job requires work almost every day. I gave myself two weeks before I started engaging completely again with my team, but our offices were open and supported by our voters, and I quickly went back to work. The question revolves around physical and medical restrictions when you are close to the date of your entitlement, your inability to fly, and then during recovery and also concerns the new birth, which is the most vulnerable in their lives.
It comes to ensuring that you do not put people in a dangerous situation and that you do not have to make the decision you made about whether I will fly around the country to a critical vote as the life of my voter was at stake or not. Then choose between giving priority to newborns at home. So it was a terrible position to be in it. I am grateful because Sam is fine. But it was frightening and very annoying.
