When Gov. Charlie Crist, then a Republican, took office in 2007, he convinced the board to streamline the clemency process, allowing non-violent felons to get their rights back without hearings. ..…
That’s what’s missing here,” said No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas. . Earlier Democrats on the committee praised Blasey Ford’s courage in coming forward while a senior Republican senator accused the opposition party of seeking to delay the nomination until after midterm..…
After his Democratic primary win in June, Jealous, who is competing against incumbent Republican Gov. ... Pritzker, who is trying to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. . The DePaul University law school graduate has taken aim at the criminal justice system, supports..…
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La Follette argues Republican legislators, such as former Gov. Tommy Thompson and Gov. ..…
women were extended the right to vote in 1920 through Amendment, it was not until Voting Rights Act of 1965 that the government eradicated Jim Crow voting laws in U.S. The Republican National Committee came under fire in the early 1980s when it sponsored the creation of group called..…
Similar legislation passed in Maine but was vetoed by Republican Gov. ..…
California's two gubernatorial candidates are split on the issue of trashing the gas tax, with Republican John Cox calling the repeal the urgent need while Democrat Gavin Newsom favors keeping the tax.. ... Pushing to become California Republican to win Chicago-transplant and..…