Democrats who narrowly won back a majority of seats in the Pennsylvania House in November moved to take control of the chamber Wednesday and replace one of their incumbents who died and two others who won higher office.
A message was left seeking comment from Lee after McClinton's spokeswoman said she had resigned.
“Pennsylvania’s voters have spoken, and the will of the people is the ultimate authority in this Commonwealth,” McClinton said. Her status as acting speaker “is consistent” with what occurred almost two decades ago, when Majority Leader John Perzel, R-Philadelphia, was acting speaker for several weeks after the death of Speaker Matt Ryan, R-Delaware, she said.
She said Cutler's move on the final day of the 2021-22 legislative session, “is a nullity, and therefore I must reject it.”Chapman said in a letter to Cutler that special elections must be scheduled within 10 days of a vacancy occurring, and DeLuca died Oct. 9. In addition, she wrote, the vacancy for the 2023-24 session occurred when that session technically began on Thursday, so Cutler's attempt to schedule a Feb. 7 election had been premature by one day.
McClinton said she and Cutler met Monday to negotiate amid the slim margins but were unable to reach agreement.
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