Karen and Katie interview Ohio House Representative DJ Swearingen, DJ Swearingen voted with twenty two Republicans and the Democrats for Jason Stephens to be Speaker of the House. We ask him the same questions we asked House Representative Dick Stein in our previous interview:
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1. Was there an official Republican House Caucus vote for speaker?
2. Did anyone express their disapproval during that vote?
3. If any of the Blue 22 were to express that they changed their mind publicly before the official vote, would that
change the outcome of this situation.
4. What is the difference in legislative agendas (Merrin vs Stephens)?
5. How do perceive this will help or hinder the House working together on legislation with this fracture of the
6. Are you all going to work together as a unified Republican party or will this fracture among the 22 and 44 continue
to fester? How will you move forward?
7. What are your (personal) top priority bills this session?
8. How do you feel about the Resolution, (House Joint Resolution 6) which would have set the voter approval threshold
for state constitutional amendments at 60%, compared to the current 50% plus one vote?