Nearly a year since state Rep. Larry Householder was arrested on public corruption charges, four rank-and-file lawmakers argued their case to Ohio House leadership Thursday that it’s the House’s duty to purge Householder from the chamber he once controlled. The lawmakers two Republicans and two Democrats introduced separate but similar resolutions last month to expel […]
State Reps. Michele Lepore-Hagan and Jeffrey Crossman testified Thursday on their resolution to expel former Speaker Larry Householder from the Ohio House.
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 .