The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill this week that could transform the state into a sanctuary for legal abortion and effectively combat laws banning abortion in other states. As a growing number of conservative-led state legislatures across the country introduce and pass anti-abortion laws, Connecticut lawmakers moved to protect women’s reproductive rights...
Retiring GOP lawmaker: Death threats are ‘a detriment getting good people to run’
Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that he received death threats for voting in favor of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act last year. The Michigan Republican announced earlier this month that he will retire from Congress after nearly 36 years in office. “It puts you at risk, particularly when they threaten not only you — I like...