Pa. House Votes On New Speaker After Mike Turzai Steps Down

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania House turned to a seven-term Republican member Monday to become its next speaker, elevating him to the chamber’s top job a week after his predecessor stepped down in mid-term.
The vote for Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster County made him the House’s presiding officer, one step up from the job of majority leader, a post he held for nearly two years.
After he was sworn in, Cutler spoke of the state’s founder, William Penn, as well as th