Second Tennessee Democrat could be returned to statehouse after expulsion – live

Local commissioners in Memphis will vote today on whether to reappoint Pearson to his seat in state house of representatives

Good morning, US politics blog readers. Justin Pearson was one of two Democratic lawmakers the Tennessee house of representatives expelled last week for holding a noisy protest in favor of gun control, but his exile could end today. Local commissioners in his district will vote on whether to reappoint him to his seat, which is what happened on Monday to Justin Jones, the other legislator booted by the chamber’s GOP majority. “I wasn’t elected to be pushed to the back of the room and silenced,” Pearson declared in a New York Times op-ed published this morning. We’ll see if his local counterparts agree.

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Joe Biden is in Northern Ireland, where has met with British prime minister Rishi Sunak, and will head to Dublin later today. Follow our live blog for the latest on the president’s travels to the land of his ancestors.

Kamala Harris will convene the White House’s reproductive health care taskforce at 2.45pm as access to medication abortion appears imperiled.

Tim Scott has formed an exploratory committee to run for the GOP’s presidential nomination next year. To succeed, he’ll have to beat the 800-pound Republican gorilla: Donald Trump.