U.S. House Democrats push for new rules to allow remote voting amid coronavirus

A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus outbreak over Republican objections if there is no agreement this week on how to do so.

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Washington Monument, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease , in Washington, U.S., April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Businesses, schools and even the U.S. Supreme Court have adopted new teleworking systems to allow them to function while their employees, students and justices maintain the social distance from one another that public health officials advise is critical to slowing the spread of the new coronavirus. Congress has not met in regular session since last month, though lawmakers have passed major coronavirus relief bills worth nearly $3 trillion, partly by using rules allowing bills to pass with just a small number of lawmakers present at any one time.

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