joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alternet</span></a> Apr 01, 2025</p><p>Speaker <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> is facing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bipartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bipartisan</span></a> criticism—and public ridicule—after abruptly shutting down the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseOfRepresentatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseOfRepresentatives</span></a> on Tuesday afternoon for the rest of the week. The move came after a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> proposal with bipartisan support, which would allow members with newborns to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> remotely, disrupted his legislative agenda. Johnson, who often portrays himself as a devoted family man, opposed a rule change to accommodate new parents</p><p><a href="https://www.alternet.org/johnson-shut-house-down/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/johnson-shut-hous</span><span class="invisible">e-down/</span></a></p>