“Joe Straus, the speaker of the Texas House, is only nominally a Republican. He became speaker with a small group of Republican liberals, and all the Democrats voting for him.”
Some of his “Republican liberal” buddies didn’t get reelected. We’ll see whether or not he is still the speaker when the session starts next year.
That's what I've been led to expect, though.
/johnny
I read that 12 new members, some Tea Party supported, have already committed to Straus.