The Democratic-controlled Michigan Senate sued the state House of Representatives on Monday because its Republican speaker refuses to send nine bills passed during the last session—before he took power—to the governor for signing.
Speaker Matt Hall has held back the bills, which were passed by what was then a Democratic-led chamber, from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) for a “legal review” since Jan. 9, according to the Michigan Court of Claims lawsuit and a statement from a Hall spokesman.
Hall doesn’t have the power to withhold bills under the state constitution—which says “every bill passed by the legislature shall be presented ...
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