Politician forced to bring her newborn baby to vote after male speaker refuses to allow her to vote remotely

A politician in California was forced to cast her vote on a bill – with her newborn baby. Buffy Wicks, an assemblywoman for California’s State Assembly, had just given birth a month ago. She asked

A politician in California was forced to cast her vote on a bill – with her newborn baby.She asked for permission to vote by proxy on a housing bill on Monday of this week – but the speaker of the State Assembly, Anthony Rendon, said that she would have to vote in person or not at all.

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