BREAKING: Montana state legislator Zooey Zephyr is suing the state after being censured by House Republicans.
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"The recent actions violate my 1st amendment rights, as well as the rights of my 11,000 constituents to representation," Zephyr said in aMonday. "Montana's State House is the people's House, not Speaker Regier's, and I'm determined to defend the right of the people to have their voices heard." Zooey Zephyr speaks on the House floor for the first time in a week during a session at the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont., April 26, 2023.Zephyr's calls to vote against a gender-affirming care ban for transgender youth on bill SB99 led to her being ignored for days by Republican leaders on the House floor in April.
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