The Louisiana House has passed a bill that would allow voters in St. Tammany Parish to decide whether they wish to authorize commercial gambling.
Louisiana House representatives discuss legislative matters on the chamber’s opening day last month. This week, the lower chamber passed a bill that would allow voters in St. Tammany Parish to consider ending the longtime ban on commercial gambling. (Image:
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After stalling on Wednesday, House lawmakers yesterday voted 63-28 in favor of House Bill 702. Introduced by Rep. Mary DuBuisson (R-Slidell), the legislation would place a ballot referendum question before local residents during the next election. It would ask if they think the prohibition on commercial gaming in the parish should be lifted.
With Trump surviving the Senate trial, his politics will remain relevant till 2024
Donald Trump has survived, by a mere 10 votes, the Senate trial that might have convicted him for inciting insurrection. All 50 Democrats of the Upper Chamber voted ‘guilty,’ and seven Republicans joined them, yet the tally fell short of the two-thirds necessary for conviction. The charges framed against the former U.S. President came from the House of Representatives, which impeached him for the second time last month, this time for goading on a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol building on January 6. The attack came after months of sloganeering by Mr. Trump on Twitter to the effect that the mail-in voting, a necessary feature of the pandemic-era election, was fraudulent and that his supporters ought to #StopTheSteal. Statistics from every previous presidential election suggest that this claim is entirely unfounded. The result was that a woman was killed at the site of the siege, and four other
Donald Trump ready to move on and rebuild the Republican party after impeachment acquittal
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Donald Trump has publicly hinted at another run for the White House.
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Former US president Donald Trump, fresh from his impeachment acquittal, has hinted he might return to public life to rally for the Republican Party sooner than you might think.
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Friends and allies expect Donald Trump to resume friendly media interviews after weeks of silence
Mr Trump is likely to help Republicans try to take control of the House and Senate in the 2022 midterm elections
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The only substantive issue presented by the Senate Trial of Pres. Trump in the second impeachment initiated against him by the House Democrats was the question of whether he would be disqualified from running for President again in 2024.
But failing to achieve a 2/3 vote to sustain the House’s charge in the Articles of Impeachment, he remains eligible to run again in 2024 should he choose to do so.
Seven GOP Senators joined with the Democrats in attempting to block Pres. Trump from returning to Washington. All but one of the votes was predictable Richard Burr (R-NC), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn.).