Asked if the Democratic-controlled Senate was cooking anything up, Shakir replied with a shrug emoji and a single word: “Trying.”

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/26/uaw-strike-biden-senate-00118316

Biden and the Democratic-controlled Senate are likely to reject the proposal, but McCarthy has called it a basis for negotiations between the two parties in the coming weeks.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/FOX-CORPORATION-57672112/news/US-House-to-vote-on-Republican-debt-limit-bill-this-week-43615855/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230423

Budget writers in the Democratic-controlled Legislature have already factored in the $500 million expected annually from the capital gains tax into the new state budgets being written this spring.

Source: https://crosscut.com/politics/2023/03/wa-capital-gains-case-settled-whats-next-tax-reform

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the measure into law Tuesday after the Democratic-controlled House gave its approval, Illinois became the ninth state to ban so-called assault weapons, winning praise from President Joe Biden.

Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gun-ban-constitutionality-20230115-o6eslrfgnzai5lkqp6sdl6qkgq-story.html

In Nevada's Democratic-controlled Legislature a proposal to legalize safe injection sites is on the table but has yet to get a hearing, one year after a similar push failed.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/states-consider-safe-injection-sites-to-prevent-overdoses/article_36808992-d0a7-5cc3-996e-917981e4b1a9.html

In Oregon, 12 counties have voted in favor of breaking away from the Democratic-controlled state to join Idaho.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/wex/illinois-attorney-general-pushes-back-against-county-seeking-to-secede-and-join-missouri/article_d575c063-6c9f-5076-ac89-982f30b049c1.html

LaSalle faces fierce opposition in New York’s Democratic-controlled state Senate.

Source: https://forward.com/fast-forward/530991/jewish-lawyers-opposition-hector-lasalle-hochul-nys-highest-court/

The Democratic-controlled state House this week passed an expanded version of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget plan that adds hundreds of millions of dollars to the state’s education system.

Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/06/11/disputes-over-education-spending-cash-reserves-emerge-as-pa-budget-deadline-approaches/

The measure is unlikely to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/maxwell-frost-slams-republican-cowards-who-wont-back-gun-control-in-fiery-floor-speech-not-giving-a-damn/