In the November 2024 U.S. House elections, the Republican Party managed to retain a majority, but it became even slimmer. Republicans currently hold 219 seats, while Democrats control 215 of the 435 seats. This means that if two Republican members were to defect, the GOP could lose its maj...
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) narrowly won his primary runoff Tuesday, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, defeating a conservative challenger backed by former President Trump. Phelan’s reelection bid was thrust into the national spotlight after he presided over the impeachment t...
The House is adjourned until 10 a.m. Wednesday. No word yet if Governor Greg Abbott will address House members then. Because of the vote, the Governor didn't speak with them Tuesday. But he did address the Senate. As Speaker, Burrows will control activity on the House floor...
said they were thrilled to have the Central Texas RW community in the house. Your patronage made a positive impact on them and members of their staff—thank you. We also want to thank Austin Spectrum News 1 reporter Erin Davis for attending to see how Central Texas RW supports our ...
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Democratic Party Sues Republican Texas House Speaker More AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Democratic Party is suing state House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and conservative activist Michael Quinn Sullivan, seeking release of a recording made secretly of a meeting between the two. The lawsuit filed in a...
Park Cities Republican Women is a group that belongs to the Texas Federation of Republican Women, the largest women’s political organization in Texas. At PCRW, our goal is to engage and educate our members to inspire them to make an impact on the policy and politics of their local communit...
Phelan, who has represented the Beaumont area since 2015 and has been speaker for two terms, did not pressure his members to back Abbott's bill in a special November legislative session, according to theTexas Tribune. Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan oversees debate over a voti...
US House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks with members of the media following a House Republican caucus meeting in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images ...
Solid evidence or not, the most important question now is whether every single House Republican will see this project through. The House GOP does not currently have a functional majority, as the last year of speaker drama has clearly shown. Will Johnson ask his members,17 of whom rep...