State House cancels more voting sessions due to virus
LANSING (AP) — The Michigan House has canceled voting sessions scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday after a staffer tested positive for the coronavirus, complicating the Legislature’s final days of business in the two-year term.
Speaker Lee Chatfield, a Levering Republican, said Tuesday that the employee works with several lawmakers and committees but “had nothing to do with” a controversial election hearing attended last week by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Trump announced over the weekend that Giuliani has been hospitalized with COVID-19, which led to the cancellation of voting in the Michigan House on Tuesday — a day when Michigan surpassed 10,000 deaths linked to the virus.
It was not immediately clear when the House will meet next. It has canceled four voting sessions in the last month due to infections. The Senate still planned to vote on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Republican-controlled Legislature is scheduled to adjourn next week. Key pending legislation includes a potential COVID-19 relief plan and a proposal to borrow money to finance the state’s proposed $600 million settlement with residents of Flint whose municipal water supply was contaminated with lead.





