The outgoing Democratic leaders of the state House of Representatives announced a voting session for Nov. 15, just a few days after they had said no voting would be scheduled during the lame duck session that stretches to the end of the year’s legislation session on Nov. 30.
The original announcement that the House would schedule no voting days drew protests from rank-and-file Democratic and Republican members, who argued that a batch of bills sent to them by the Senate needed House approval to reach Gov. Edward G. Rendell’s desk. Without voting, the bills would die at the end of session and would have to be introduced and debated again next session. The decision to hold a voting day came from House Speaker Keith McCall, D-Carbon, who did not run for re-election, and House Majority Leader Todd Eachus, D-Luzerne, who was defeated in his re-election bid.
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