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Trump agenda upended after GOP rebellion shuts down House floor
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President Donald Trump's agenda appears to be temporarily on ice as Republicans battle each other over proxy voting.
A mechanism known as a "rule vote," which traditionally falls along party lines and is not an expression of support or opposition to specific legislation, failed on Tuesday when nine Republicans joined Democrats in an extraordinary rebuke of GOP leaders. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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It comes amid a weekslong battle over the ability to vote remotely for new parents in Congress.
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