Louisiana Democrats lost another state House member to the Republican Party this week, the second in the last month to switch political parties.
Now, both the Louisiana House and Senate hold a veto-proof supermajority.
However, this does come after the Republicans in the state House recently gained a supermajority in mid-March after state Rep. Francis Thompsonhis plan to switch party affiliations. Thompson switching from the Democrat to the Republican party gave the Louisiana House GOP a supermajority for the first time ever. Now, the Republicans in the Bayou State have a veto-proof supermajority in both the House and Senate.
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