House Democrats Trumpet Election Overhaul Package

House Democrats on Monday rallied around their marquee legislation for the next Congress — a long-stalled package of broad election overhaul items that includes voting, campaign-finance and ethics laws. They are looking to presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden to break through a congressional logjam that has kept the legislation on ice for more than a year.... “Now with Joe Biden in the White House, we can turn this legislation into law,” she said. “It’s always about who has the leverage.” Mrs. Pelosi was joined by Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon and the bill’s sponsor, Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland, on a press call to trumpet the legislation, which will be introduced as H.R. 1, the first House bill of the 117th Congress, and likely passed the first week of the new session.... House Democrats originally passed the sweeping overhaul in March of 2019 on a stark party-line vote.