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The house cannot hold an official session in the absence of the speaker or their designated speaker pro tempore. Speaker K. Leroy Irvis was the first African-American elected speaker of any state legislature in the United States since the Reconstruction era. Current Speaker Joanna McClinton is the first female and first female African-American ...
The speakership is the oldest elected statewide office in the Commonwealth. Since its first session in 1682—presided over by William Penn—over 130 house members have been elevated to the speaker's chair. The house cannot hold an official session in the absence of the speaker or their designated speaker pro tempore.
Joanna E. McClinton (born August 19, 1982) is an American politician from Pennsylvania currently serving as the 141st Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since February 28, 2023. A member of the Democratic Party , she is the first woman to serve as Speaker.
Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks with Eileen Miller on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, after signing a distracted driving law Miller championed. Miller’s son Paul Miller Jr., died in 2010 when a distracted ...
(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia, calls for bipartisanship as the new legislature is sworn in with a one-seat majority in the House.
SEE MORE: Rep. Jim Jordan seeks support ahead of House speaker vote The magic number we're looking for is 217. That's the number of votes needed to secure the speakership.
Pages in category "Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pennsylvania House Democrats on Thursday proposed a process to determine if state representatives are “incapacitated” and to sanction or expel them, moving in the wake of intense criticism ...