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The Tennessee House of Representatives requires a two-thirds majority of the total membership to expel another representative. [12] In the state of Tennessee, expulsions are rare; since the Civil War, only eight representatives had been expelled before 2023. [13] Six representatives were expelled in 1866 for trying to prevent passage of the ...
The Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel two Black Democrats Thursday afternoon, while sparing a third white colleague of that fate, after the trio of lawmakers ...
Protesters react after the House voted to adopt SB 1325 during a House session at the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
Government. v. t. e. The 2022 Tennessee House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect 99 seats for the Tennessee House of Representatives. The elections coincided with the Governor, U.S. House, and State Senate elections. Republicans gained two seats, thereby further expanding their supermajority in the state house.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House. The Speaker is elected to a two-year term at the beginning of the 1st half of each session of the Tennessee General Assembly. Additionally, the Speaker is second in line for succession to the governorship, after the Speaker of the Senate, in the event of such need.
Three Democratic lawmakers in the Tennessee House of Representatives were stripped of their committee assignments and now face expulsion from the legislature after they joined protests against gun ...
The three districts that absorbed the city were then all won by Republicans, giving them 89% of Tennessee's U.S. House seats despite only getting 64% of the popular vote. This split also prevented urban voters from electing an African-American representative to the U.S. House, [5] despite representing about 17% of the population.
Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean. March 11, 2024 at 8:12 PM. Mary L. Wagner holds her son, Will, 4, to the podium on the House floor, after Wagner was confirmed by the Tennessee General Assembly ...