Memphis Council to Vote on Reinstating Ousted Democrat Justin Pearson to Tennessee House
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Justin Pearson and a colleague were kicked out of the Legislature last Thursday following their support of gun control protesters. The Shelby County Board of Commissioners set a vote Wednesday. The vote will determine whether Pearson is sent back to the Legislature in Nashville.
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Nashville council to vote on restoring ousted state lawmaker
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Justin Pearson could return to Tennessee House days after Justin Jones
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Memphis Council to Vote on Reinstating Ousted Democrat Justin Pearson to Tennessee House
A majority of Nashville Metropolitan Council members pledged they would vote to reinstate former state Rep. Justin Jones. Jones and fellow Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson were expelled from the House for a protest in favor of gun control.
Nashville officials are poised to vote to reinstate one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republican colleagues over their gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting.
A metro council vote would send Rep. Justin Jones back after essentially a long weekend. Expelled Memphis Rep. Justin Pearson, meanwhile, could be reappointed at a Wednesday meeting of the Shelby County Commission.
Nashville’s Metro Council could vote for former Rep. Justin Jones to return to his post in the Legislature immediately — but on an interim basis to fill his now vacant seat
The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted unanimously Monday to send Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones back to the Tennessee Legislature after his GOP colleagues stripped him of the title last week.
Nashville’s metro council has called a meeting to vote on the reinstatement of the expelled lawmaker Justin Jones on Monday. Justin Pearson will be considered at a meeting on Wednesday, according to Mickell Lowery, chair of the Shelby County Commission.
The unanimous vote by the Nashville Metropolitan Council restores Rep. Justin Jones to office just four days after Republicans stripped him of his seat.
A Nashville council voted to reinstate Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of two Black lawmakers expelled for leading a gun-control protest on the state House floor.
Jones and one other lawmaker were expelled by Republicans last week for participating in a gun control protest, a move that was widely condemned by Democrats.
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, who was expelled from the state House last week alongside former Rep. Justin Pearson of Memphis, was reinstated to his seat Monday on an interim basis.
Members of the Nashville Metro Council are set to convene later Monday to contemplate the prospect of reappointing former state Rep. Justin Jones, a Democrat.
One of the two Black Democrats who were thrown out of the Tennessee House last week appeared likely to get his seat back Monday, just days after the GOP exacted retribution against the lawmakers who protested for more gun control.
Nashville officials are poised to vote to reinstate one of the two Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republican colleagues over their gun control protest on the Tennessee House floor after a deadly school shooting.
The Nashville metro council voted Monday to reappoint state Rep. Justin Jones to his seat after being expelled last week for joining in with gun control protestors.
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