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With House Speaker Robert DeLeo expected to step down from his post soon after a record 12-year stint in the office, the perennial question of how long a person should serve as the leader of the lower chamber may surface in the new session.
A push to institute term limits for House speaker appears every so often when the branch meets to reconsider its session rules and the two men running for the top post â Majority Leader Ronald Mariano and Rep. Russell Holmes â differ on the matter. While the rules debate for the 2020-2021 legislative session is still weeks, if not months away, the News Service reached out to both lawmakers last week to find out their position.