House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) and ranking member Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) practice social distancing as the committee meets to consider a resolution authorizing remote voting by proxy in the House of Representatives during a public health emergency due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 14, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
WASHINGTON - The US House approves historic rules allowing remote voting during the COVID-19 pandemic, a move that will allow the chamber to operate remotely for the first time in its more than 200-year history.
