COLUMBUS – After a three-hour meeting Tuesday, House Republicans decided not to immediately remove former leader Rep. Larry Householder, but deliberations continue.
Householder, of Glenford, is accused of racketeering in connection with a nearly $61 million bribery scheme to elect him to lead the Ohio House, pass a $1 billion nuclear ballot and defend that law against a ballot initiative to block it. He has pleaded not guilty.
House Republicans met for the first time as a group Tuesday to discuss whether Householder should be removed. The expulsion process, spelled out in the Ohio Constitution, requires 66 lawmakers to "punish its members for disorderly conduct."