GOP bid to strip power from Democratic secretary of state likely dead

[TexasTowelie]

Lansing — A Senate Republican power play proposal to shift campaign oversight from Democratic Secretary of State-elect Jocelyn Benson to a new political commission is poised to die in the Michigan House.

The House Elections Committee will not take up the controversial legislation when it meets Wednesday morning for the last time of the year, said Rep. Aaron Miller, who chairs the panel.

With two days left in the lame-duck session, the proposal is “dead” in committee, Miller, R-Sturgis, said late Tuesday. “No games are going to be played tomorrow. Full disclosure, those bills are not coming up tomorrow.”

While it’s technically possible the GOP-led House still could discharge the legislation from committee for floor action, a caucus source told The Detroit News that is not expected to happen.

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2018/12/18/michigan-house-kills-bid-strip-power-secretary-state/2358789002/

[safeinOhio]

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