{"id":602024,"date":"2021-07-24T21:51:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T01:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602024"},"modified":"2021-07-24T21:51:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T01:51:39","slug":"mich-lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-law-used-by-dem-gov-whitmer-to-impose-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-law-used-by-dem-gov-whitmer-to-impose-covid-19-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mich. lawmakers vote to repeal law used by Dem Gov. Whitmer to impose COVID-19 restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmich-lawmakers-vote-to-repeal-law-used-by-dem-gov-whitmer-to-impose-covid-19-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602024&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2467537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2467537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mich. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer arrives to speak at Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield, Mich. on October 16, 2020. (JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:38 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 24, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Michigan state lawmakers voted to repeal a decades-old law which gave Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the authority to impose COVID restrictions. In a 60 to 48 vote on Thursday, the state\u2019s House of Representatives passed a bill scrapping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-527717--,00.html#:~:text=in%20the%20governor.-,The%20Emergency%20Powers%20of%20the%20Governor%20Act%20of%201945%2C%201945,designate%20the%20area%20involved.%E2%80%9D%20MCL\">Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The State Senate has already approved the legislation last week and it will now go into effect 91 days after the legislature ends its session.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of thousands of our families, friends and neighbors changed Michigan forever when they decided they had enough and stood up to make a difference,\u201d said Rep. Jason Wentworth (R-Mich.). \u201cThey deserve a state government that is willing to do the same. They\u2019ve earned that much. That\u2019s why we had their back today and put this petition into law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill stems from an initiative to repeal the law by a group called <a href=\"https:\/\/unlockmichigan.com\/\">Unlock Michigan<\/a>, which was backed by more than 540,000 Michiganders. Under state law, Whitmer is unable to veto the legislation given it originated from a petition push.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Michigan House approved the Unlock Michigan citizens\u2019 initiative to repeal the unconstitutional 1945 state law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to hold unilateral power over the people of Michigan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your voices have been heard! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gXJtMLIVmp\">pic.twitter.com\/gXJtMLIVmp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MI House Republicans (@MI_Republicans) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MI_Republicans\/status\/1417918235572195329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mike-lindell-offering-5m-to-disprove-his-2020-election-fraud-evidence\/\">Mike Lindell Offering $5M To Disprove His 2020 Election Fraud Evidence<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mich. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer arrives to speak at Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield, Mich. on October 16, 2020. 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