Persona to Clause 1C of Rule 19, further consideration of HR1 will now resume.

The clerk will report the title.

It's March 3, 2021, only a few weeks after the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

The nation is still shaken.

Capital buildings still show signs of damage.

But President Biden has been inaugurated, and the House of Representatives is losing

no time passing a major reform bill.

On this vote, the yeas are 220, and the nays are 210.

The bill is passed.

Without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

The bill's title is deliberate.

This is House Resolution No. 1.

The first bill introduced in the new Congress.

The title is designed to communicate the urgency the Democratic majority attaches to pro-democracy

reforms in the wake of Trump and the coup attempt.

It's a sweeping bill, tackling everything from elections to political contributions to

ethics.

The Democratic-controlled House voted this morning to pass HR1 along party lines.

As our Washington correspondent, Allegendarily Moan reports, the plan is unlikely to become

a law.

There's one serious check on the zeal for reform.

If the bill passes on a party line vote in the House, it heads over to the Senate.

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