The Michigan Senate cleared the way for the Democratic leader to sue the Republican-controlled House over its halting of bills passed during the last session.
Democratic state Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks was authorized by the Senate in a resolution to sue Republican House Speaker Matt Hall after he refused to send nine bills passed last session to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D-MI) desk. Joe Tate, the Democratic former House speaker, failed to forward the bills to Whitmer’s desk, allowing Republicans to halt them, pending a legal review, after taking control on Jan. 8.
The Michigan Senate can now sue in an attempt to force the state House to send the bills forward. Brinks argued in a speech on the Senate floor that the GOP’s delay was…
