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With H.R.1, GOP sadly returns to bogus election theft rhetoric while ignoring the good of voter participation, an end to gerrymandering and reducing big-donor influence.
State Roundup: Republicans revive violent crime measures as police reforms pass Senate
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REPUBLICANS REVIVE VIOLENT CRIME PACKAGE: House and Senate Republican leaders unveiled a series of bills Wednesday aimed at addressing violent crime in the state, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. The proposals include measures that would increase penalties for those who use a firearm during the commission of a crime, classify the theft of a firearm as a felony, increase the amount of jail time that prisoners must serve before they are eligible for parole, and establish a special unit within the Office of Attorney General to prosecute violent crimes in Baltimore City.
In the way of a number of similar measures aimed at strengthening election systems by refusing to even allow a vote on them. there was senator ron wyden s payback, then congressman john sarbane s election security act, senator marco rubio s deter act and senator langford s deter election act. each of these bills are stuck in limbo and senate leader mitch mcconnell won t say way. the reason isn t that our country doesn t need them. since the 2016 presidential election, intelligence officials have warned repeatedly that foreign interference in future u.s. elections is bound to happen again. and president trump s shocking admission just days ago that he would still accept foreign assistance has only heightened concern. when interviewed this morning, the president was busy trying to backpedal on those same comments. i don t think anybody would present me with anything because they know how much i love this country. nobody s going to present me with anything bad. number two, if i was, and
That democrats for sure can organize themselves around as we go forward. i think the president and the white house can be part of that message. so we ll see how it goes from here. democratic congressman john sarbanes, thanks so much for your time. thank you, alex. one of the biggest names in show business is homebound with a childhood disease. what s happened to angelina jolie? and a revelation from that sony hacking saga that might really tick off jennifer lawrence. why should she care? meantime, we ll take you live and we re going to show you washington there he is, reverend al sharpton. let s take a listen to what he has to say from washington, d.c. no justice, no peace, hands up, hands up, hands up! all right. we are here today because we