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Washington — Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida withdrew her membership from the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Monday amid a divide over whether the lower chamber should allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely around the birth of their child.
"With a heavy heart, I am resigning from the Freedom Caucus," she wrote to her colleagues in a letter obtained by CBS News.
Luna's discharge petition — a maneuver that allows members to circumvent House leadership — won enough support earlier this month to force a vote on a measure...
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