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Diversity, climate, debt: Democrats rewrite House rules

By Susan Ferrechio
Published January 4, 2019 12:20am ET
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Diversity, climate, debt: Democrats rewrite House rules
Members of the new House Democratic leadership, front row from left, Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the vice chair of the Democratic Caucus, Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Assistant Democratic Leader Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., join others in their caucus in applauding Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on the opening day of the 116th Congress. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats on Thursday approved several changes in the way they’ll run the House, including provisions aimed at boosting staff diversity, allowing religious headwear to be worn, and making it easier to raise the debt ceiling.

Lawmakers voted 234-197 in favor of the changes sought by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who lost just three Democratic votes along the way.

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