From the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE:
Reducing the size of Pennsylvania’s bloated Legislature is like the weather — everybody talks about it but nobody manages to change it.
Proposals to shrink the nation’s largest full-time General Assembly have become perennials in Harrisburg, but none of the measures has advanced very far. The latest effort, introduced by House Speaker Sam Smith on Tuesday, would eliminate 50 seats, cutting the 203 House members to 153. It should face better odds than those earlier attempts.
The Jefferson County Republican is in an ideal position to advance the measure with the weight of his leadership position behind it, and House Majority Leader Mike Turzai of Bradford Woods is the first of 60 co-sponsors. House Bill 153 already has drawn bipartisan support, with 13 Democrats signed on to the measure. And it is less likely to draw opposition in the Senate because its provisions are aimed only at the House…
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