Assembly speaker seeks to trim chamber

From the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW:

The speaker of the House is introducing legislation to reduce the size of the chamber from 203 to 153 members.

Rep. Sam Smith, R-Punxsutawney, sent a memo to colleagues last week asking them to co-sponsor a constitutional amendment to reduce the size of the House. His legislation does not apply to the 50-member Senate.

Smith made his position known about cutting the size of the House shortly after the November election, when Republicans took back control of the chamber. His co-sponsorship memo was made public Tuesday…

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