The extra open door leading into House chambers created a security headache. Lawmakers didn’t always enjoy getting a lobbyist’s summons through a House page.
To some extent, the room is an anachronism. Still, it seems to signal no broader effort to hold lobbyists at arm’s length, and the perk wasn’t dramatically different than lobbyists’ accommodations in some other state capitols. Tom Wolf hammered the Legislature while on the campaign trail last year to adopt the kind of gift ban he imposed on the executive branch.
But no more: The House’s chief administrative official said he decided last year it is not appropriate and shut it down before even telling its regulars.
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