Pennsylvania House GOP leaders: Lawmakers won't meet again this year, a move that would appear to preclude any possibility of lawmakers interceding in the 2020 election

Washington Examiner ^ | 11/30/2020 | Delphine Luneau, The Center Square

[SeekAndFind]

The Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives announced late Saturday that they will not be returning to session this year, a move that would appear to preclude any possibility of lawmakers interceding in the 2020 election.

House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Quarryville, and Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Bellefonte, released a joint statement saying that they would not be calling their chamber to Harrisburg on Monday, the final possible day for the 2019-20 session of the Legislature to meet.

“We are physically unable to consider any new legislation before the end of session,” they wrote in the statement. “A simple resolution takes three legislative days for consideration and a concurrent resolution takes five legislative days to move through both chambers, which means we do not have the time needed to address any new resolutions in our current session.”

Article III, Section 4 of the state constitution requires that bills be considered on three different days by each chamber. A simple resolution originates from a single chamber, while a concurrent resolution must move through both.

After Monday, there can be no further meetings of the Legislature this year. Article II, Section 4, decrees that the 2021-22 session of the Legislature will begin on the first Tuesday of January, which will be Jan. 5, 2021.

Given that the House won’t meet before the Electoral College gathers to pick the next president Dec. 14, President Donald Trump’s hopes that state lawmakers in Pennsylvania would step in and choose electors appear to be dashed.

Trump and his allies have alleged that presumed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Nov. 3 election was the result of widespread fraud, including in Pennsylvania. He tweeted that Republican-controlled legislatures in the states where he disputed the results should hold votes to pick a new slate of electors.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I watched all of the PA hearings. These Republican legislators are pissed.

So, you’re saying that the PA GOP legislators WILL ACTUALLY MEET as opposed to what this news is telling us?

[prophetic]

The so called Republicans has hardly been a friend or ally of Trump. As I've always said, both sides have been skimming and scamming the usa for yrs now and here comes the self made billionaire Trump with his huge ego and ways of doing things.

This is now the single eye opener for all patriots that the swamp creatures are also Republicans and that we've all been duped by them.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

We have known for years that the politicians of both sides have been dirty and this fraud of an election has blown the lid off of it.Here in georgia it is most egregious

[Pajamajan]

SMH. DISGUSTING!

[Pajamajan]

"I have never seen so many cowards, slime balls, weasels, worms, scum sucking parasites work together to destroy the country that served them so well."

And that's just the Republicans.

[Iowa Granny]

It’s probably Legislative Rules preventing them from taking up the Resolution. But I don’t understand why they can’t Suspend those Rules. It happens frequently for mundane things. I hope someone how understands the Ins and outs of PA Legislature will chime in and let us know.

[philman_36]

The Republican leaders of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives announced late Saturday that they will not be returning to session this year, a move that would appear to preclude any possibility of lawmakers interceding in the 2020 election.

LIES! ALL LIES!

Cutler, Benninghoff Make Statement on Plans for Remainder of Legislative Session

HARRISBURG – Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre/Mifflin) made the following statement about the plans for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the remainder of this legislative session:

“The Pennsylvania House of Representatives will not be returning to voting session before the constitutionally mandated end of session on Monday, Nov. 30.

“We are physically unable to consider any new legislation before the end of session. A simple resolution takes three legislative days for consideration and a concurrent resolution takes five legislative days to move through both chambers, which means we do not have the time needed to address any new resolutions in our current session.

“It is obvious Pennsylvania’s election processes are in dire need of repair. Our work to ensure the chaos and confusion of the 2020 election are not repeated will continue in the next legislative session.

“The efforts of the House State Government Committee to further investigate the impacts of interventions by the activist Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the confusing and conflicting guidance by the Secretary of State will continue into next session. Additionally, our chamber voted to call for a complete audit of the election, a process we plan to see completed into the next session as well.” Notice how "to voting session" isn't in the article. Nothing about no "special" session will be called.
NOTHING in that statement says the legislature isn't going to choose their own slate of electors.

[philman_36]

So, you’re saying that the PA GOP legislators WILL ACTUALLY MEET as opposed to what this news is telling us?

Pathetic! You didn't go to the original source and you lap up the dog vomit you posted as news as if it's a premiere steak.

[Alter Kaker]

Nope. That’s not the rule in PA and also not I suspect in any of the other states you named.

[rxsid]

"they have to choose the electors or risk going to jail for not acting.

I agree that the Constitution requires the legislature to choose the electors

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The Constitution only states that state shall appoint in a manner they may direct.

It does NOT state that each state MUST have electors convened at the E.C.

Article II Section 1.

The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows:

Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct", a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.

If they don't direct, they don't have electors to the EC. That's it.

It's happened before.

WI, MI, PA, GA and NV should NOT be sending electors due to systemic vote fraud.

Neither candidate gets to 270.

The election goes to the House where each state gets 1 vote. Assuming the (R) controlled states vote for Trump, he's reelected.

[Steve Van Doorn]

Yeap. I know of four paths for Trump. This isn’t over by any means. I’m still giving him a 99.999% chance of success. it’s dropped a point in the last few days

[Freedom56v2]

I like your thinking!

[bray]

570,000 to 3,200 doesn’t bother these yellow bellies. Next time it will be you useless hacks.

[philman_36]

Read reply 27. You're being spoon fed dog vomit posing as steak in this "news" article.

bewildered and Savage Rider were the only ones who figured it out.

[Reno89519]

I am not surprised. I already suggested the hearing was simply all talk, simply for show, and that absolutely no action would result.

[Safrguns]

>>> Fake News.

heard Mastriano tonight talking about the fact that he only has 10 out of 29 senators on board.

Unless PA citizens light a fire under their butt, they not gonna do this.

[Reno89519]

Ah, but they said they are done and that they’d continue their investigation next session to address future election fraud. Unless you have evidence otherwise, it is clear by omission that they do not plan to do anything further with the current election results.

[philman_36]

That’s not the rule in PA and also not I suspect in any of the other states you named.

And we're all just supposed to take your word on it, right?

Why don't you post "the rule in PA" since you seem to know it?

Based upon your comments on this thread, pardon me if I don't trust your statements as facts.

[philman_36]

Read reply 27.

[philman_36]

Again, read reply 27. You’re making assumptions based on faulty knowledge.