Republicans introduce bills to strip power from Whitmer, but she promises a veto [View all]

A day after thousands of people converged on the Capitol to protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s latest stay-at-home order, Republicans in the Legislature followed suit, introducing bills that would strip powers away from the governor.

The bills come at a time when Whitmer has tightened stay-at-home restrictions, which have shuttered businesses and are keeping people in their homes as a way to try and stop the spread of coronavirus.

The bills introduced in both the House and Senate would repeal the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act, which gives wide power to the governor to declare a state of emergency in times of “great public crisis.”

Another bill would amend the Emergency Management Act of 1976, which allows the governor to declare a state of emergency for up to 28 days, to reduce the number of allowable days to 14.

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