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House lawmakers adopted a GOP-backed resolution Wednesday by a voice vote that calls a sweeping voting rights bill in Congress supported by Michigan s chief election administrator a massive overreach into state election administration.
Democrats in the U.S. House passed the For the People Act without a single Republican vote in early March. Its fate in the U.S. Senate is uncertain without the support of Republicans. Moderate Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia also has raised concerns about the proposed changes.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has called on federal lawmakers to pass the legislation to combat Republican efforts across the country to impose new restrictions on voting, particularly absentee voting on which Americans heavily relied during the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Republicans are using budget stalemate to hold up child care money and try to kill mask mandates, any plans for a vaccine passport and efforts to stop Line 5. They won’t likely have much luck.
Michigan State Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require fact-checkers to complete a registration process with the state and be subject to fines for possibly reporting inaccurate findings. According to the proposed bill, House Bill 4813, with HB 4814, would be geared tow.
A Michigan House Republican who has frequently questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election is backing legislation that would create a state registry of “fact checkers.” The legislation, House Bill 4813, is sponsored by Rep. Matt Maddock, R-Milford. Maddock was one of more than a dozen state representatives who signed onto an unsuccessful federal lawsuit from the state of Texas claiming .
Budget talks advance, GOP election bills tweaked: The week in Michigan politics
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LANSING, MI - This week in Lansing was more about molding legislation than passing bills, at least on major topics.
Both chambers made moves to further clarify key initiatives, with budget talks picking up in the House and Senate and amendments made to Senate Republican election bills.
The House continued to tackle ethics reform, while Republicans in both chambers moved to allow high schools to hold in-person commencements. Here’s what happened this week at the Michigan Capitol:
Budget talks evolve
Quarterly budgets for many state agencies, staffing cuts and additional limits on how state agencies can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic all remain on the table as Michigan lawmakers move forward with setting the state’s annual budget.