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Pennsylvania lawmakers will gather Monday for a special session to consider a constitutional amendment that would give more rights to child sex abuse victims.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As Republican infighting debilitates Washington, lawmakers at some U.S. statehouses have managed to launch sessions complicated by similar GOP partisan divides or razor-thin margins of party control with a host of creative -- if yet untested -- solutions.

Pennsylvania’s newly minted state House speaker is moving to make his major policy goal regarding victims of child sexual abuse to be the chamber’s urgent priority.

The Pennsylvania state House Republican who nominated and voted for Democratic state Representative Mark Rozzi to serve as speaker says Rozzi is waffling on whether he will register as an independent and should resign. A letter sent to Rozzi on Monday by Representative Jim Gregory says “bonds of trust" betwee the two have been broken.

Blair County Republican Rep. Jim Gregory on Monday asked new House Speaker Mark Rozzi to resign, claiming Rozzi broke a promise that he would definitely switch his political status from Democrat to independent.

The measure has been in the works for years, but Gov. Wolf’s call for a special session comes amid an unprecedented week in Pennsylvania politics.

A lawmaker is calling on Pennsylvania House Speaker Mark Rozzi to resign, less than a week after he was elected.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania state House Republican who recently nominated and voted for Democratic Rep. Mark Rozzi to serve as speaker wrote him Monday to say Rozzi was waffling on whether he will register as an independent and therefore should resign. The letter from Rep. Jim Gregory, R-Blair, who has

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania state House Republican who recently nominated and voted for Democratic Rep. Mark Rozzi to serve as speaker wrote him Monday to say Rozzi was

The Pennsylvania House and Senate are holding a special session on Monday, Jan. 9, to consider a constitutional amendment that would create a two-year window for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits, against their abusers, that otherwise would be barred by the statute of limitations. The amendment must also be approved by Pennsylvania voters.