Rep. Van Taylor announced today that he is supporting Rep. Ken Paxton for Texas Speaker of the House. The other person who have filed to become Texas Speaker are Rep. Warren Chisum, and the incumbent Texas Speaker, Joe Straus. Click here for full release. Rep.VanTaylorEndorsesPaxtonforSpeaker “The Speaker of the House of Representatives is one of [...]
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Here is the statement we released yesterday. Public Hears Only Ten Minutes Following Three Hours in Closed Meeting AUSTIN, Texas, November 23, 2010 – Today, Liberty Institute attended the Texas House Ethics Committee meeting in which the committee Chairman, Chuck Hopson (appointed by Straus) and the committee heard claims of political revenge in the Speaker [...]
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Update!!: 12;48 p.m. House committee, chaired by Rep. Chuck Hopson (appointed by Joe Straus) emerges from closed/executive session, over three (3) hours later. Rep. Bryan Hughes speaks first, asks to be placed under oath and such request is granted. Rep. Hughes repeats the statements made in his letter early this month, stands by his recalling of what [...]
Monday, November 22, 2010
Add six (6) more names to the list of House member and members-elect who have now decided to vote against Speaker Joe Straus and are now supporting Rep. Ken Paxton. The newly elected State Representatives adding their names to the Paxton support list are: Cindy Burkett, Bill Zedler (formerly on Straus support list), Charles Perry, Jim Landtroop, Kenneth Sheets, and [...]
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Today, Liberty Institute delivered a letter to all the Texas State House of Representatives members and members-elect explaining their legal right to communicate with their constituents on the Speaker of the House race. On Monday, Rep. Hopson sent a letter telling House members they could be breaking the law and risking jail time if “influence[d]” [...]
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Click here for full details. http://www.huckpac.com/?Fuseaction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=3310 Speaker Joe Straus Details: Selected By 65 Democrats & Only 11 Republicans: http://texaslegislativeupdate.com/2010/11/04/conservative-leaders-demand-a-conservative-texas-speaker-of-the-house/ Strong Planned Parenthood/NARAL Support: 2007-NARAL give him a 100% approval rating. http://www.prochoicetexas.org/instate/2007legislativeguide_rep07-09.shtml 2008-PP gave him $1000. (have the PDF if you want it) 2009-PP “Thanked” Straus in their newsletter. http://blue-dot-blues.blogspot.com/2010/11/planned-parenthood-thanks-speaker.html Choose Life License Plate Bill Denied: [...]
Monday, November 15, 2010
Quorum Report is reporting that the Texas House Republican Caucus is considering taking a “straw poll” on whether or not the Republican Caucus should have a caucus vote, to select the next Texas Speaker of the House. Last session, the Democratic Party essentially selected the Texas Speaker of the House, even though the Democrats did [...]
Thursday, November 11, 2010
We’ve said from the beginning to State House members, when it comes to the Texas Speaker of the House issue, listen to the voters, to your constituents. Texas voters delivered a victory at the polls for conservatives. That’s what they expect for the leader of the Texas House, as well. Have you told your State House member [...]
Monday, November 8, 2010
Republican, and incoming freshman Texas State House member-elect, David Simpson says he is will “support best man for the job.” This is according to an article linked here. According to this srticle, Simpson is “leaning” toward Chisum. Straus has been critical of the State Board of Education, which now has a split of 11 Republicans and 4 [...]
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Conservative Leaders released a letter, critical of Straus, with the following quote: “Tuesday night’s resounding victory by conservatives in Texas and around the nation was not the result of any particular politician or group. It was the result of citizens rising up and making their voices clearly heard and it should be taken for [...]
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