Pelosi Postpones Change In House Voting

Speaker Nancy Pelosi abruptly postponed plans to change the House rules this week to allow a form of remote voting for the first time in the chamber’s 230-year history after Republicans raised objections to a plan meant to reconcile the need for legislative action with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Post reports.

Instead, Pelosi said the issue would be closely studied by a bipartisan group led by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Playbook: “This is a good illustration of just how big a deal it is to change the House rules.”