House Passes Election Reform Bill, Senate to Take Up Soon

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters after a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 13, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced late Thursday the Senate is set to take up legislation related to elections on Jan. 18.

Earlier on Thursday, Democrats in the House combined two separate voting bills—the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Amendment Act—into a single text, and approved the measure with a 220-203 party-line vote.