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Legislature announces surprise last-minute session

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This is a chin-scratcher. On February 2, the legislature's standing committee (NPCSC) announced it will hold a one-day session on February 4. The publicly disclosed agenda contains just one item: Deliberating the credentials of individual delegates – AKA removing certain individuals from the NPC. Ne...