WASHINGTON — House Democrats will unveil on Friday the details of ambitious legislation devised to lower barriers to the ballot box, tighten ethics and lobbying restrictions, and require presidents and candidates for the nation’s highest offices to release their tax returns. A White House meeting with congressional leaders on Friday could absorb the Democratic leaders’ time and the news media’s attention. Democrats were expected to detail the bill — a patchwork of dozens of changes to ethics, campaign finance and voting laws known as the For the People Act — late Friday morning on Capitol Hill. White House officials and Republican lawmakers were optimistic that Democrats would be more inclined to compromise now that Ms. Pelosi has the speaker’s gavel in hand. But there were few signs that Ms. Pelosi — the Californian who was elected speaker with cries of “No Wall Pelosi” by fellow Democrats — would relent after the House passed two bills to reopen the government on Thursday night.

Source: New York Times January 04, 2019 10:52 UTC