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Maine's Susan Collins led negotiations on the bipartisan Senate version of the bill, which aims prevent a potential repeat of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection attempt.

Accounts of chaos at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 opened the second day of testimony in Capitol rioter Doug Jensens trial on Wednesday.

U.S. House leaders diverged from a Senate bill to prevent future attempts to overturn a presidential election by favoring a slightly tougher version. The two bills will need to be reconciled, while maintaining Republican support.

The bill passed the House in a vote of 229-203, with most Republicans in opposition. It will need to resolve differences with a similar Senate bill before it can head to Biden to sign.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to overhaul Congress certification process for presidential elections on Wednesday, a crucial step as Democrats hope to prevent the kind of chaos from Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters tried to subvert Joe Bidens victory.

The house passed the Presidential Reform Act, attempting to prevent future election subversion.

The election reform measure was prompted by efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The House Bill passed by 229-203, with eight other Republicans crossing the aisle. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The House passes reforms to the Electoral Count Act that more Republicans probably should support.

Nine Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in voting for election reform legislation sponsored by two members of the Jan. 6, 2021, House select committee. The bill, titled the Presidential Election Reform Act, passed in a 229-203 vote. Republican Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Fred Upton (Mich.), Jaime Herrera Beutler (Wash.), Peter Meijer (Mich.),…