House Majority Leader Hoyer Urges Democratic Leaders to Prioritize Remote Voting

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) at the U.S. Capitol. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on changing the rules that govern how members vote during the COVID-19 pandemic.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) urged democratic leaders in the House “to consider a set of recommendations to enable remote voting and committee work.“ He said it was to prepare Congress ”to comply with social-distancing guidelines.”