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Michigan lawmakers are pushing new legislation to make sure Congress drives American-made, union-made vehicles.

Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens introduced the Make Congress Drive Union- Made Act, with Senator Elissa Slotkin bringing a companion bill to the U.S. Senate.

Two of Michigan’s Democratic members of Congress are rolling out new legislation that would require lawmakers to drive union-made vehicles when they’re on official business.

Two women in Congress from Michigan are pushing for a new requirement on the types of cars driven by federal lawmakers.
 

Representative Haley Stevens and Senator Elissa Slotkin are introducing bills today aimed at making it illegal for members of Congress to use their annual congressional budgets on anything but cars made by unions in the U.S.

The “Make Congress Drive Union-Made Act” would impose restrictions on which cars they can buy or lease using their so- called Members' Representational Allowance, the funds lawmakers are given annually to spend on staff, district office leases and other expenses related to their official duties.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin plan to introduce legislation that would make it illegal for members of Congress to buy or drive anything other than U.S. union-made cars with their annual congressional budgets.

“Michigan autoworkers put the world on wheels, and they deserve to know their elected leaders have their backs,”

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