Doesn't say he was "required".
Says:
“The state constitution has provisions for the Senate President Pro Tempore to lead the chamber when the lieutenant governor is absent,
and Mr. Fetterman has missed sessions before”
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Rev. Waller, the Enon Tabernacle pastor, said “The ones that wanted to be there were there,” he said. “My father used to tell me 80 percent of ‘can’t do’ is ‘don’t want to.’”
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Mr. Fetterman’s campaign also canceled on a December forum organized by the group Indivisible Narberth and Beyond, which said his campaign hasn’t responded to requests to reschedule. “We’ve reached out several times and it does not appear he’s available,” said Stacey Vernallis, a co-lead of Progress PA.
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Rev. Mark Tyler of Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church said he personally appealed to Mr. Fetterman’s campaign to reconsider attending the clergy event, adding that the 2013 incident was something several people wanted to hear about.
“You can’t win Pennsylvania as a Democrat without significant turnout from Black people in Pennsylvania,”
moving on ... 
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