Bipartisan efforts to expel ex-Ohio House speaker begins
FARNOUSH AMIRI, Report for America/Associated Press
June 10, 2021
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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Republican Ohio state Rep. Larry Householder, sits at the head of a legislative session as Speaker of the House, in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio House will have its first hearing Thursday, June 10, 2021, for a resolution that would expel the former Republican speaker as he has been embroiled in a $60 million federal bribery scheme.John Minchillo/AP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Nearly a year after federal agents raided the farm of the former Ohio House speaker, his colleagues met Thursday to consider resolutions to expel him from the chamber.
COLUMBUS, Ohio Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Thursday laid out their case for expelling indicted state Rep. Larry Householder from the legislature, arguing that his key role in the House Bill 6 bribery scandal warrants his removal from office. Householder, a Perry County Republican arrested last July and charged with using $60 million in FirstEnergy Corp. bribery money to pass HB6, is .
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Seeking to address the multiple legal and ethics scandals that have plagued the Statehouse recently – as well as gain some political points in her run for governor – Democratic Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley released her policy proposal Tuesday to combat corruption in Ohio. In the past decade, political corruption to the tune of millions of dollars has been allowed to flourish in .