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Montana Legislature overrides Gianforte's 1st veto

Billings Gazette 13 Apr 2021

The Legislature has successfully overridden Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte's first veto. The bill Gianforte vetoed last week was Senate Bill 227, from Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick, R-Great Falls ... Supreme Court ... 4 ... Those committees are split equally between Democrats and Republicans, meaning ties would happen on any issue that fell along party lines. But Rep ... .

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Stimulus Check Update: Is A Fourth Relief Payment Coming?

CBS Sports 13 Apr 2021

And the third stimulus check, along with excess pandemic savings, has increased people’s spending power ... All that additional spending, along with the release of pent-up demand, should lead to more jobs as companies hire to address consumer needs ... The American Rescue Plan Act passed along party lines.

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Senate sends safe gun storage bill to Polis' desk

Colorado Politics 12 Apr 2021

The state Senate on Monday gave final approval along party lines to a bill that would require gun owners to safely secure their firearms, the second gun-related bill to clear the General Assembly in the last six days ... gave final approval to the bill with a near party-line vote.

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$2.1 billion in federal funding advances through Montana Legislature

Montana Standard 12 Apr 2021

The vote against Flowers' amendment was along party lines, with opposition from the GOP majority and Democratic support ... Janet Ellis, a Helena Democrat and vice chair of the committee, would have made the provision void if House Bill 121, which would require elected officials to approve any local health regulations, also failed on party lines ... .

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Will the suspension of campaigning affect the Holyrood election?

BBC News 12 Apr 2021

Campaigning for the Scottish Parliament election is resuming after parties put their efforts on hold due to the death of Prince Philip ... The Holyrood campaign was just over two weeks old when parties put their activities on hold on Friday ... The debate was still running along well-trodden lines, with familiar arguments and promises being rehearsed.

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City Council adopts resolution urging no increase in school voucher funding

The Herald Bulletin 12 Apr 2021

In a vote split along party lines, the Anderson City Council adopted a resolution asking state lawmakers to not expand the school voucher program ... .

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Council sends $95.9M budget to special town meeting vote

Journal Inquirer 12 Apr 2021

VERNON — The Town Council approved along party lines the proposed $95.9 million fiscal year 2021-22 budget and moved it forward to a special town meeting vote scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 27 ... .

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North Dakota lawmakers pass bill requiring schools to let Boy Scouts recruit students

The Jamestown Sun 12 Apr 2021

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Legislature has approved a bill that gives the Boy Scouts of America and a few other youth groups special access to schools for recruitment ... The Senate voted 39-8 mostly along party lines last week to pass. after a lengthy debate ... Doug Burgum for a signature.

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Will Smith moving production of new film out of Georgia over election law

The Hill 12 Apr 2021

Democrats and voting rights advocates have argued that the legislation, which was passed along party lines and signed by Georgia Gov ... boxes and seeks to bar anyone other than poll workers from giving food or water to Georgians waiting in line to cast their ballots.ADVERTISEMENT.

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House, Senate advance election bills

Cleburne Times-Review 12 Apr 2021

The fight for increased election laws has made its way to Texas ... The legislation was approved by the House Elections Committee and the Texas Senate on a party line vote with only Republicans voting in favor of it. Support or opposition to the proposed bills also fell along party lines on the local level ... “These bills would help stop that ... and 9 p.m.

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Why Joe Biden Holds Out Hope For Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan

Time Magazine 12 Apr 2021

So the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan went out the door along strict party lines ... Roger Wicker, who is among those in today’s meeting, isn’t seen as a commanding voice in a party full of showmen, but he is the top Republican on the subcommittee that deals with the ...

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Stimulus Check Update: Is A Fourth Relief Payment Coming Your Way?

CBS News 12 Apr 2021

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Shocking killing renews tensions over police

The Hill 12 Apr 2021

Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright was killed Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minn ... Karen BassKaren Ruth Bass10 Democrats join NAACP lawsuit against Trump Lobbying world Six women who could be California's next senator MORE (D-Calif.) last June after Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police — passed the House mostly along party lines in March ... ....

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Georgia’s voting law should be closely inspected

The Grand Island Independent 11 Apr 2021

And those opinions are amazingly divided by what political party they belong to ... Republicans — whose lawmakers passed the bill along strict party lines last month — say it was needed to improve and secure Georgia’s elections and help restore faith in the voting process ... Food and drink distribution to voters in line by non-poll workers is banned.

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Benin tense as president seeks re-election

Urdu Point 11 Apr 2021

A cotton tycoon first elected to lead the West African nation in 2016, Talon faces two little-known rivals, Alassane Soumanou and Corentin Kohoue ... Following 17 years of military rule along Marxist-Leninist lines, the former French colony opened up into a multi-party democracy in 1990 ... "I support the president because we had so many problems before.