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Lawmakers seek to bar insurrectionists from holding office

FILE - Pennsylvania state Sen. Amanda Cappelletti speaks during a rally to raise the state minimum wage at Sharon Baptist Church, July 9, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

FILE - State Sen. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson, listens during a news conference in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FILE - New York State Sen. Brad Hoylman talks with reporters during a special legislative session at the state Capitol, Dec. 22, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

FILE - New York Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, R-Fulton, listens while in the Assembly Chamber on the opening day of the legislative session at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Lawmakers seek to bar insurrectionists from holding office