U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R) (R-WI) answers questions following a meeting of the House Republican caucus at the U.S. Capitol on February 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Ryan fielded a range of questions including those on continued funding for the federal government and a recent memo released by the House Intelligence Committee. Pic/AFP

The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a legislation that would reform the way lawmakers' offices handle sexual harassment cases, the media reported. The bill passed on Tuesday evening, born in the wake of the #MeToo movement, would overhaul aspects of the Congressional Accountability Act, the decades-old law that put in place the system through which sexual harassment, discrimination and other workplace-related claims on Capitol Hill are handled, reports CNN.