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Texts show Ex-House speaker pushed lawmaker to pass bailout

by Report for America/Associated Press
| September 24, 2020 3:27 PM

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio lawmaker leading the charge to repeal a nuclear bailout bill was unsuccessfully pressured by the former House speaker to vote in favor of its passage, newly released records show.

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