{"id":9723,"date":"2021-05-04T01:50:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T01:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/house-passes-landmark-election-reform-bill-to-vastly-expand-voting-access-bill-now-advances-to-senate\/"},"modified":"2021-05-04T01:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T01:50:21","slug":"house-passes-landmark-election-reform-bill-to-vastly-expand-voting-access-bill-now-advances-to-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/house-passes-landmark-election-reform-bill-to-vastly-expand-voting-access-bill-now-advances-to-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"House Passes Landmark Election Reform Bill To Vastly Expand Voting Access, Bill Now Advances To Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline House Democrats pushed past Republican opposition Wednesday to pass sweeping ethics, government and electoral reforms that would vastly expand voting access, boost transparency to political financing and institute more powerful ethical oversight for members of Congress, the president and Supreme Court justices.\u00a0 \u00a0 The House passed a landmark electoral reform bill in spite of fierce opposition. getty Key Facts The For the People Act, dubbed House Resolution 1 (H.R. 1), is a key Democratic priority intended to restore faith in the U.S. electoral system, strike down barriers to voting and increase government accountability and was passed with a 220-210 vote. 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