House allows for remote participation in committee meetings, but reps must be present to vote
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
Posted Jan 14, 2021
Rep. Ben Frederick, R-Owosso holds his mask while speaking with members of the press on Tuesday Oct. 20, 2020 at the Capitol in Lansing Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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LANSING, MI - The Michigan House will allow for remote participation in committee meetings, a new rule designed to mitigate COVID-19 spread.
Lawmakers approved House Resolution 1 on Wednesday, Jan. 13, which allows committee members to remotely deliberate on bills, though lawmakers still must be physically present to vote on anything.
The Michigan Legislature’s internal COVID-19 protocols faced delays in sessions multiple times last year as contact tracing was activated due to positive cases among lawmakers and staff. Wednesday’s rule change represents a small step towards bolstering spread prevention in the Capitol, which lagged behind other Republican-led legislat
Republicans pushed election lies and armed protests, but say their rhetoric didn’t spur U.S. Capitol chaos
Updated on Jan 10, 2021;
Published on Jan 10, 2021
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Samuel Corum | Getty Images) TNS
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The morning after the D.C. riot, Erik Nordman called his state senator, Sen. Roger Victory, R-Hudsonville, with concerns about a letter Victory signed urging Congress to examine allegations of voter fraud.
Victory’s office got back to him, and a staff member left a voicemail saying only those who rioted in D.C. could be blamed for what took place.
Gov. Whitmer, former Gov. Snyder call for national unity amid ‘appalling’ D.C. violence
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
Posted Jan 06, 2021
Former Gov. Rick Snyder, left, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, right, called for peace in a joint statements amid protests in Washington D.C. that turned violent and overwhelmed Capitol security on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
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Current Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, and former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, issued a joint statement on Wednesday condemning the violent occupation of the nation’s capitol building, where Congress was slated to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s presidential win.
What started out as a group of protesters supporting President Donald Trump devolved into a violent group that stormed and occupied the U.S. Capitol. The Associated Press reports one woman who was shot in the building is dead, and dozens of protesters both inside and outside the building were seen fighting with police.
st and Governor Whitmer has still not signed it?
What is interesting is just last Sunday Whitmer complained, on national television, that President Trump had not signed the $2.3 trillion dollar omnibus bill that contained approximately $900 billion dollars of Covid-19 relief. Last Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union show Whitmer stated:
“The president needs to sign it and if he really believes we should get up to $2,000, which I have believed for a long time, he should get back to Washington D.C. and get that piece done as well”
Sounds like a whole lot of hypocritical to me, wonder why the CNN host did not ask her about Michigan’s Covid-19 relief bill sitting on her desk? Michigan’s bill has been on Whitmer’s desk since December 22