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Government

Aug. 28, 2020

Virus does what GOP couldn’t: slow Democrat lawmaking in Sacramento

Wednesday’s Senate session was canceled after Sen. Brian Jones, R-Santee, tested positive for the virus. The body came back on Thursday, but with all but one GOP senator absent due to having been in meetings with Jones.

COVID-19 has done something Republicans in Sacramento have failed to do for years -- slow down the Democratic bill-passing machine. But on Thursday, the virus also left Republican Senators unable to object as their Democratic colleagues approved two bills related to policing.

Meanwhile, there have been behind the scenes negotiations to put together a last-minute deal to avert a potential wave of evictions. Wednesday's Senate sessio...

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