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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 28, 2023

Tennessee's special legislative session continued today with the House meeting at 2 p.m. and the Senate meeting at 4 p.m. CDT. In the House, spectators in the gallery expressed anger after the body voted 70-20 to silence Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, for the day. The Tennessean reports that Jones earlier had been ruled out of order twice by House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville. Democrats walked out of the session after the vote and Sexton ordered troopers to clear the balconies. In the Senate, leaders continued to refuse to open up the committee process and consider more proposals despite a call from Gov. Bill Lee to do so. Lee reportedly asked the Senate to consider 12 previously tabled bills in an effort to broker a compromise with House leadership. The paper has a summary of the bills in question.