Michigan Senate votes to repeal governor’s emergency lockdown powers

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Michigan‘s state Senate voted to repeal the emergency powers law that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to order lockdown measures during the coronavirus pandemic.

The GOP-led chamber voted 20-15 along party lines on Thursday to support a petition that could block the Democratic governor from issuing a veto in the matter.

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