Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) chairs a 2014 House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the U.
S. response to the Ebola crisis. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/ReutersWASHINGTON — GOP Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania,caught up in tawdry revelations of an extramarital affair, is resigning from Congress.
That’s the word from House Speaker Paul Ryan. Murphy, and an anti-abortion lawmaker,allegedly urged his mistress to get an abortion when he thought she was pregnant.
Ryan says Murphy has sent him a letter announcing his resignation, effective Oct. 21.
Ryan says the decision was Murphy’s but he supports “Murphy’s decision to move on to the next chapter of his life.”Murphy is serving his eighth term representing a district in southwestern Pennsylvania, or including parts of suburban Pittsburgh. The district is a secure Republican seat,with Republican Donald Trump beating Democrat Hillary Clinton by a margin of three-to-two in final November’s presidential election.
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