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The lawmakers are expected to return to the state House
Two Democratic state lawmakers were expelled from the US state of Tennessee after they staged a protest on the House floor, calling for gun law reforms. Following the demonstration, the Speaker called it “unacceptable”. The two lawmakers were forced out of the legislature in a two-thirds majority vote last Thursday after they participated in a…
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Will other states follow in the wake of the Tennessee House Republicans expulsion of 2 Democrats?
Three Democrats have been expelled from the US state of Tennessee for disrupting proceedings in the state House of Representatives over a rally on gun control. The expulsions came after House Speaker Cameron Sexton said that the Democrats had “began shouting without recognition” during their protest and “proceeded to disrupt proceedings of the House Representatives”.
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Democrats are in control of Michigan for the first time in 40 years
Gun control groups said the US Supreme Court ruling in New York which left it to states to enforce their own gun laws isn’t a “silver bullet” to tackle gun violence in the country. They added, “The cost of political inaction…on preventing gun violence is increasingly, tragically clear.” The court ruled that New York’s ban…