Republican bill sponsors also could use their newly attained veto-proof majority to propel some GOP-backed education policies and transgender restrictions across the finish line - several of which they introduced the same week Cotham announced her party change.
How N.C. lawmaker Tricia Cotham's defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections
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Her decision to cross the aisle, as she said when announcing her intention to do so, was not one made easily or hastily.
EDITORIAL: Political party destroyed? More Democrats are switching to GOP
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