A U.P. Republican has teamed with a Lower Michigan Democrat to sponsor legislation recently introduced in the Michigan Senate to create a new oversight committee covering both chambers of the Legislature, and would include an equal number of representatives and senators from both sides of the political aisle.

Adding to the intrigue is the fact that the senators behind the push want to put the choice before voters, and not just members of the Legislature.

The committee was proposed by state Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, and state Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township. It would be authorized to subpoena witnesses and to review reports from the Michigan Office of the Auditor General. Irwin is the son of former State Senator Mitch Irwin who represented a large portion of the central and easte

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