The Ohio House passed internal rules and can now proceed with its work despite an ongoing fight over power within the fractured GOP supermajority.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House passed internal rules and can now proceed with its work despite an ongoing fight over power within the fractured GOP supermajority, which spurred competing claims about who’s leading Republicans there, shouting by lawmakers during Tuesday’s session and even talk of a possible lawsuit.
Usually the majority caucus chair would be the same person chosen to lead the 99-member House, but Rep. Jason Stephens, of Kitts Hill, previously beat Merrin in the race for the powerful role of speaker, winning the job with support from the 32 Democrats and a smaller segment of the Republicans. Stephens said that as speaker, he has the power under the Ohio Constitution to decide what comes before the House.
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