John Barrasso walks with folder in hand.

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I don’t know why it’s controversial,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday, according to a pool report. He added, “I’m going to let the speaker make the decision, but I like the idea.”

Johnson, a former constitutional lawyer, is facing pressure from conservative hard-liners to stop Luna and has argued the practice is unconstitutional. Moments before Luna’s tweet, Johnson shared an op-ed from the Washington Times in opposition to expanding proxy voting in a post on X that has since been deleted.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), one conservative hard-liner against allowing phone number library new parents to vote by proxy, responded to Luna’s update that the possible solution is still “unconstitutional” and “wrong” in a post on X.

Lead Art: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol on March 31. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

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