Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, as speaker of the Texas House of Representatives ... the speaker’s gavel will give way — though perhaps keep simmering on the back burner — to the grind of ...
When the opening ceremonies began for the 89th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, the drama surrounding the race for Texas House Speaker would ... Burrows vowed to keep the tradition ...
AUSTIN — The 89th legislative session began Tuesday with members of the Texas House electing ... After former House Speaker Dade Phelan dropped his bid to keep the gavel in early December ...
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AUSTIN, Texas--The ... who oversaw the House Administration Committee. And Phelan, who appointed Burrows to run the powerful House Calendars Committee, could be in line for a committee post of his own ...
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — It is no secret most in the Texas Republican Party and state Republican leaders did not want Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, to win the election for Speaker of the House on Tuesday.
“While Speaker Burrows and I have policy disagreements, the fact of the matter is that he intends to keep our Texas House institution intact. My constituents did not elect me to burn the House ...
David Cook, R-Mansfield, after winning the vote for the next House speaker ... to keep those members off the ballot altogether. Shortly after Burrows’ election, Republican Party of Texas Chair ...
Cook, a former mayor of Mansfield endorsed by the Texas House Republican Caucus, officially entered the race in September in a bid ... speaker to be elected by Republicans, not by Democrats,” he said.
(AP Photo/Stephen Spillman)(Stephen Spillman / AP) AUSTIN — Texas House lawmakers elected Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows as speaker Tuesday, shortly after the Legislature’s 89th regular ...