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A bipartisan pair of first-year lawmakers want the federal government to reduce the amount of leased office space that goes unused. On Monday, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Washougal, and …
Half of the package to repeal remnants of Michigan’s abortion restriction laws known as the Reproductive Health Act, cleared the House Health Policy Committee on Wednesday, with opposition from …
Reps. Dan Bishop and Kathy Manning of North Carolina were on opposite sides of a bill that became a partisan battle because of social extremes that were attached by Republicans.
The new bill, however, has a major concession: It only requires sheriffs to hold suspected illegal immigrants for ICE agents if the person is in jail on suspicion of committing a violent crime. Sheriffs, who run the jails in their counties, are already required to check the immigration status of people charged with a felony. If they can’t determine whether the person is a legal resident, sheriffs must check with ICE. Under Senate Bill 101, sheriffs would also need to determine whether a prisoner is in the country legally if they are accused of violent misdemeanors like assault on a femal...