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On impeachment, Pa. House members are evenly split

Representatives toe the party line on key vote

  • Russ Walker
Republican lawmakers, from left, Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Committee on Oversight Reform, and Rep. Lee Zeldin R-N.Y., arrive for a closed door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, where former White House advisor on Russia, Fiona Hill, is scheduled to testify before congressional lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

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Republican lawmakers, from left, Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Committee on Oversight Reform, and Rep. Lee Zeldin R-N.Y., arrive for a closed door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, where former White House advisor on Russia, Fiona Hill, is scheduled to testify before congressional lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Pennsylvania’s 18 members of the House of Representatives are evenly divided by party — 9 Democrats and 9 Republicans.

So it’s no surprise that the Keystone lawmakers split evenly Thursday on the vote establishing rules for the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (A new Franklin & Marshall poll suggests the same is true among voters.)

In the run up to the vote and in the hours after, several of the lawmakers used social media to explain and defend how they voted. Here’s a recap of their posts:

First, credit to Rep. Fred Keller (R-12th District), for speaking on the House floor on Thursday and getting video of his remarks uploaded to his YouTube page. Here’s what he said:

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-5th District) also spoke on the floor and posted her remarks to Twitter:

And so did Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-2nd District):

After the vote, 8 of the 9 members of the GOP delegation from Pennsylvania issued a statement decrying the Demcrats’ impeachment effort. The missing one is Brian Fitzpatrick of the suburban Philadelphia-based 1st District:

More impeachment posts below:

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