[ad_1] Already, top party members are engaging. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to make an unexpected visit to Nashville to meet with the ousted lawmakers and push for gun reform, the Tennessean reported Friday. And it’s unlikely the pair will be gone from the state Capitol building for long –Continue Reading
[ad_1] The expulsion vote came less than two weeks after three 9-year-old children and three adults were fatally shot at an elementary school in Nashville. Jones said he and Pearson don’t see their role as convincing opposing lawmakers of their views, but instead as being a “voice of moral dissent”Continue Reading
[ad_1] In the entire history of the U.S. House, only five members have been expelled — the last, Ohio Democratic Rep. James Traficant, was removed after being convicted of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion and didn’t have the decency to step down on his own. The Tennessee House last expelledContinue Reading
[ad_1] State Rep. Justin Jones was removed from office in a largely party-line vote, 72-25, that was led by the Republican supermajority. The votes for the other two targeted Democrats are expected to have similar results. Republicans dominate both chambers in the state Legislature, and the GOP reinforced its supermajorityContinue Reading
[ad_1] Here’s what to know about each lawmaker: Rep. Gloria Johnson Johnson, who currently represents Knoxville, was first elected to the Legislature in 2012. Johnson lost her reelection bid in 2014 and 2016 but won the seat back in the 2018 election. Johnson, 60, is a retired teacher. Johnson isContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ahead of Thursday’s vote, tensions appeared high among lawmakers as they debated separate legislation, including a school safety bill that would require every school to have a resource officer or security guard. Members of the public filled the galleries and hallways to observe the session. State Troopers watch theContinue Reading
[ad_1] “It will echo across the country. I think it will have a chilling effect on all states where there’s supermajorities or very red states,” Rep. Gloria Johnson, one of the Democrats under threat of expulsion, said in a phone interview Tuesday. “This is chipping away at our democracy, there’sContinue Reading
[ad_1] Republican Reps. Bud Hulsey, Gino Bulso, and Andrew Farmer filed the resolutions. They successfully requested Monday that the House expedite the process and vote on the resolutions Thursday. Despite support from the Republican supermajority, their requests sparked outrage among supporters watching in the gallery. Their loud jeers led HouseContinue Reading
[ad_1] Washington: Three students and three adults were killed and several others injured in a gun attack at a school in US’ Tennessee state on Monday before the woman perpetrator was shot dead by the police, reports said. The attack was reported from the Covenant School in Nashville, a privateContinue Reading
[ad_1] Two top Tennessee officials have been fired by the corrections department after an independent report revealed striking errors in the state’s lethal injection execution protocol. According to official documents reviewed by the Tennessean newspaper, the deputy commissioner and general counsel, Debra Inglis, was fired, as well as inspector generalContinue Reading