House Ways and Means Committee Rene Oliveira, D-Brownsville, injured his left eye in a fall recently. He's sporting a black eye patch today on the House floor. Though Oliveira obviously was in pain, he smiled when Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston,...
House Speaker Joe Straus had an inguinal hernia repair operation on Friday and had to miss today's House session. He is reported to be recovering nicely. A Straus spokeswoman would confirm only that the San Antonio Republican had "minor surgery."...
Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, one of the supporters of former Speaker Tom Craddick who's disgruntled under the Straus regime, just went to the back mike in the House to question the new speaker. Can members swap committee assignments, Dutton asked....
A spokeswoman for Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, says there's no merit to a Democratic strategist's claim that Straus shorted Democrats last week when he divvied up committee posts. "Fairness was his goal, and bipartisanship, and we achieved...
It's counterintuitive, Speaker Joe Straus says, but his Republican Party's narrow, 76-74 advantage in the Texas House may actually work to its advantage. "This close divide may actually keep us focused on what we really need to do," he said...
The House just adjourned until 2 p.m. Monday. Speaker Joe Straus says members have until 5 p.m. Monday to submit committee preference cards. Straus, R-San Antonio, said he has no idea how long it will take him to decide committee...
It's hardly a surprise but the regime of new Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, is proposing to rewrite House rules to make it clear that a speaker who's lost the confidence of most House members could actually face...
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