Democrats’ Election Bill Dramatically Expands Federal, Judicial Control Over Elections

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a press conference advocating for the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act in the House of Representatives later this week on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

News Analysis

Democrats and Republicans battled on the House floor late into the evening Tuesday before voting to pass Rep. Terri Sewell’s (D-Ala.) ‘John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,’ HR4. The measure was unanimously supported by Democrats and unanimously opposed by Republicans.