Speaker Straus was originally installed by 65 Democrats and 11 Republicans.
Now, he controls the committee chairs and they are all his cronies, even the chairs he voluntarily gives to Dems. You can’t get anything passed in the House if you aren’t on board Team Straus.
I voted for Dan Patrick for Lite Gov simply and only because he promised to end Dem chairs in the Senate. If he only does that one thing, he’ll have earned my vote. Everything else would be gravy.
If you’re a conservative on a Texas, Straus has to go. His politics towards conservatives are every bit as nasty as what happened in Miss.
Speaker Straus was originally installed by 65 Democrats and 11 Republicans.
I think that most of those 11 have either been defeated, retired or moved on.