NASHVILLE - House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick this week joined Democratic legislators in calling for a special session of the state Legislature to assure that Rep. Jeremy Durham, R-Franklin, is expelled from office so he will not be eligible for a state pension.
McCormick, R-Chattanooga, said in a telephone interview that he already was working toward a special session, which he envisions as coming in September, when House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Stewart of Nashville held a news conference earlier Wednesday on the subject.
McCormick said a September gathering would come after the scheduled August trial of Rep. Joe Armstrong, D-Knoxville, on federal tax evasion charges.
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