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March 8, 2019

The House passed an extensive bill Friday that would overhaul the way Americans vote and take aim at the money currently flowing through the U.S. political system. The bill was dubbed the "For The People Act" by House Democrats who want election accessibility and weeding out corruption to be core tenets of their majority agenda the next two years.

March 8, 2019

Democrats' landmark campaign finance, voting rights and ethics reform bill passed the House of Representatives on Friday. The For The People Act, which passed 234-193, was Democrats' top priority upon winning control of the House in the 2018 elections.

March 8, 2019

The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved legislation aimed at reducing the role of big money in politics, ensuring fair elections and strengthening ethics standards. But it stands little chance in the Republican-run Senate, where the GOP leader has pledged it will not come up for a vote, and the White House issued a veto threat. The House measure, pushed by Maryland Rep.

March 8, 2019

U.S. House Democrats on Friday passed a broad election reform and ethics bill that they've made their top legislative priority this Congress. The legislation, referred to as H.R. 1, passed the House on a vote of 234-193 on Friday along party lines. Its passage marks a symbolic win for Democrats, who seized control of the chamber this year after eight years in the minority….

March 8, 2019

The House of Representatives on Friday passed the most significant democracy reform bill introduced in Congress since the Watergate era, by a vote of 234 to 193.

March 8, 2019

House Democrats officially passed their massive anti-corruption and pro-democracy reform bill known as HR 1 on Friday. The bill passed on a final vote of 234 to 193.

March 8, 2019

The House on Thursday passed a massive voting rights, campaign-finance and ethics reform package — a centerpiece of the new Democratic majority's agenda. The bill, known as H.R. 1 and dubbed the For the People Act by Democrats, was approved on a party-line 234-193 vote….

March 8, 2019

With passage of HR 1, House Democrats' political money, ethics and voting overhaul, the mammoth proposal now heads exclusively to the 2020 campaign trail, where candidates in both parties say they believe their message will woo voters. The House passed the measure 234-193 Friday morning….

March 8, 2019

The House on Friday approved a far-reaching elections and ethics bill — one that would change the way congressional elections are funded, impose new voter-access mandates on states, require "dark money" groups to publicize their donors and force disclosure of presidential candidates' tax returns. Democrats dubbed the bill H.R.