U.K. on course for December 12 election in Boris Johnson's attempt to finish Brexit
2019-10-30 09:04:07 source：CBS News
October 29, 2019
London — The United Kingdom is heading toward a national election December 12 after lawmakers passed a bill put forward by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson late Tuesday. It was Johnson's fourth attempt to trigger a vote to break the country's political impasse over Brexit.
The bill still needs to be approved by Parliament's upper house, the House of Lords, on Wednesday. The House of Commons voted 438-20 — with dozens of lawmakers abstaining.
Johnson hopes that an election will result in his Conservative party gaining enough of a majority in Parliament to allow him to get his Brexit deal passed and take the U.K. out of the European Union as swiftly as possible.
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