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Former Black lawmakers reflect on history-making election
BY CHRISTINA L. MYERS, The State
March 6, 2021
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) On the twelfth day of the new year in 1971, South Carolina lawmakers ascended on the capital city for the opening session of the 99th General Assembly. But for three African American men it was a Tuesday of historical proportions a symbol of progress since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
James Felder, Isaac Samuel (I.S.) Leevy Johnson and Herbert Fielding entered the State House as the first elected Black lawmakers to serve in the Legislature since the turn of the 20th century.
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It’s not going to be a bipartisan effort.
The crisis in the state’s nursing homes is turning into a political issue, with the minority Republicans holding their own virtual hearings, months after the Democratic-controlled Legislature promised to hold a post-mortem on what happened.
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Soon, lawmakers will vote to heavily curtail those powers.
Amid dueling scandals engulfing the Cuomo administration, state legislative leaders announced Tuesday that they will pass a bill in the coming days to repeal the temporary emergency powers given to the Democratic governor at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some directives, such as requiring mask wearing and social distancing, would continue unabated for at least 30 days and can be extended further.
But lawmakers would be able to repeal any declared state of emergency by joint resolution and have the ability to change any directive brought forth by Cuomo, stripping him of his ability to do so unilaterally.