Senator David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, one of the Senate's most conservative lawmakers, teamed with Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio, one of its most liberal ones, to demand the provision's removal.
When the Saints returned to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, lawmakers and team officials hailed the moment as helping to revive the city.
Meanwhile, Republican and Democratic lawmakers are teaming up on separate legislation to change federal law to permanently let states set their own marijuana laws without fear of federal intervention -- and President Trump is on board.
But Attorney General John Ashcroft told lawmakers that a team of Justice Department lawyers would explore negotiations with the companies.
State lawmakers have subpoenaed team and city officials to an emergency hearing on Wednesday, and what once looked like a gleaming example of the mayor's financial skill is suddenly looking like one of his biggest vulnerabilities.
But retrofitting arenas with dehumidifiers has proven to be costly, even in cities where lawmakers and the home team support environmental initiatives, so teams are finding other ways to cut costs.
Under the agreement, participating lawmakers from the losing team's state will have to "send the winning team their city-style pizza and wear winner's apparel on their respective chamber floor to congratulate the winner," according to a statement Cullerton's office sent The Huffington Post. .
Outraged, the Democrats have vowed to strike back by organizing a team of lawmakers to investigate the prosecutors' use of leaks to sway coverage.
In a letter to lawmakers on his whip team, Scalise described the Monday morning visit to the hospital as a "procedure," not a surgery.
That precipitated a massive backlash, including from members of the football team, state lawmakers and Gov. Larry Hogan (R), and on Wednesday, Mr. Durkin was gone, dismissed by Mr. Loh.
