ToplineHouse Republicans on Tuesday voted down a relatively uncontroversial bill aimed at increasing the supply of drugs to combat opioid addiction after Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) refused to let Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) co-lead the bill due to his vote to object to Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. Carter, who co-led the 2020 version of the bill, “agreed, but changed his mind last minute” according to Dean, who said he rallied Republican colleagues in a “protest vote” against the bill. That’s how many House Republicans voted to decertify Pennsylvania’s electors, while 121 voted to decertify Arizona’s. as House Republican conference chair over her denunciations of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn and delegitimize the election.

Source: Forbes May 12, 2021 02:35 UTC