A tentative deal has been reached with the Florida Republican leading a bipartisan push to allow proxy voting in the U.S. House for new parents, potentially ending a standoff that halted legislative work for days and threatened to delay a potential vote this week to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who has been leading the bipartisan push on proxy voting, reached the tentative deal, according to a person familiar with the situation Sunday who was granted anonymity to discuss it.

No further details were immediately available, including if the deal would be agreed to by the other lawmakers who had signed on to the proxy voting proposal.

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