Texas Republicans are poised to pick the statehouse lower chamber’s next leader this weekend.
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Despite his conservative policy wins, the East Texas lawmaker has locked heads with some of the state’s other top Republicans, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who leads the state Senate, and Attorney General Ken Paxton.The Texas Legislature is like the U.S. Congress, but just for the Lone Star State. The Legislature helps run the state government by writing laws and setting budget priorities. For example, lawmakers play a key role in how much money schools get.
Many of the state’s most conservative Republicans have said openly that Phelan is too moderate and have voiced support for Cook. Until Friday, both candidates claimed to hold the necessary support to win the seat come January. However, Cook touted support from a majority of Republicans in the House, while Phelan’s path to victory would have included support from both Republicans and Democrats.
Further powers are granted at the beginning of each regular session in the House Rules of Procedure, and could include making appointments to committees, designating chairs and vice chairs of committees and referring proposed legislation to said committees.
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