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Last month, the Michigan House and Senate — each with a two-seat Democratic majority — voted to send a repeal of the abortion ban to the governor. A majority of Republicans opposed the bill, speaking out ahead of the vote on the legality of abortion as a whole. ...
"The honor and integrity of the Republican Party now rests on the shoulders of these two Michigan legislative leaders," Bolton said, adding that he hopes the lawmakers, Michigan's House and Senate majority leaders Lee Chatfield and Mike Shirkey — and Republicans at all levels of power — ca...
But in the early hours of Wednesday, House Democrats said they scored their 56th seat, which would give them a majority in the chamber. In the state Senate, there were 16 Democrats and 22 Republicans heading into the November midterms. But the party made inroads in Kent County a...
And in a statement Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks said she is "deeply disappointed that the House of Representatives called it quits." "'Frustrated' is too light of a word to describe my dismay that the House failed to meet its obligations in this historic moment," said Brink...
Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) were re-elected to serve as Majority Leader and Majority Whip, respectively. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the Republican Vice Presidential nominee and a leader in the House Republican Conference, was re-elected to his House seat and will ...
Democratic State Representative, and House Majority Whip, Ranjeev Puri talks with Pat on a host of issues, including some key bills he helped pass the state legislature last year, such as gun safety, clean energy and climate bills, water filtration in schools and daycare centers, and… ...
There is a weird wrinkle here, which is the House of Representatives. In 2016, of course, when Donald Trump won that race despite losing the national popular vote, he won the White House, the Senate and a House majority. He had a trifecta. When Joe Biden won in 2020,...
Meanwhile, both parties locked in their nominees for Michigan’s critical Senate race, and the outcomes of Republican primary contests are likely to determine Missouri’s next governor and attorney general. In battleground House districts, the fields were set for competitive fall contests,...
InDecember 2019, though, there was no hesitation, and the proposed law cleared both the House and Senate, with Michigan lawmakers turning toGov. Gretchen Whitmersigning the law and giving a start to the establishment of proper sports betting in the Wolverine State. ...