LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan Democrats only have a few more days as a majority in Lansing and the list of lame duck priorities is a doozy.

Among the list of potential bills under consideration before House Democrats lose their 56-seat majority include driver’s licenses for illegal aliens, free water for cities, and six additional weeks of unemployment benefits.

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State Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-Kent County) told The Steve Gruber Show on Monday that Michigan Democrats are “just doubling down on crazy.”

Posthumus, who will be the Majority Floor Leader starting Jan. 1, told Gruber, “It’s almost like the Democrats didn’t learn anything from this election,” he said. “This election was based on making Michigan more affordable [and Democrats] are doing everything they possibly can to make it more expensive to live.”

The lesson Posthumus is referring to is the message voters sent by flipping the State House red from Democrat to Republican. The Michigan House earned particular bragging rights on Nov. 5 as the  only state legislative chamber to flip control in the entire country.

In addition, Michigan’s 15 electoral votes went to President-elect Donald Trump and signaled the policies Michiganders and Americans support.

Michigan’s Democratic majority clinched power in both legislative chambers two years ago. One issue Posthumus said both parties can agree on is fixing Michigan’s roads. Although Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ran on “Fix the Damn Roads,” both Posthumus and House Speaker-elect Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said Whitmer has not done much for local and county roads.

“Republicans gave the Democrats a $9 billion surplus when they took over two years ago, Posthumus pointed out. “They’ve blown through it and are now asking taxpayers to pay more to fix the roads,” he said, referring to proposals upping the gas tax and installing toll roads.

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Hall, who also spoke to Gruber on Monday, said the Republicans have laid out a plan to put all discretionary money towards fixing roads without raising taxes. “We don’t have to spend money on earmarks and special projects,” Hall said, referring to the last several budgets under Whitmer.

In addition, Hall and Gruber chatted about a government efficiency department for Michigan that could act like the new federal DOGE department tasked to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Hall said, “If we could come up with a committee that brought entrepreneurs and innovators to the table so we could learn from them about how to make government modern and work efficiently, it could be a game changer.”

One of those game-changing issues could be state workers who continue to clock in from home. “No one talks about it,” Hall said. “Since the pandemic, those state workers have not come back to work. That’s something we’re going to shine a light on with the Republican majority next year.”

Meanwhile, State Reps. Andrew Fink (R-Adams Township) and Ann Bollin (R-Brighton Township) hope to take the sting out of the lame duck session. They sent a letter urging House Committee on Government Operations Chairman Tullio Liberati to take up House Joint Resolution Q. It’s a constitutional amendment proposal to require all bills considered during a lame duck session receive a two-thirds vote of approval from the Legislature to become Michigan law.

“The amendment is intended to help ensure that lame duck sessions are not exploited to pass politically unpopular, divisive legislation that elected representatives would otherwise be unwilling to support for fear of voters’ disapproval,” they said.