The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

But unlike Patrick, whose job is handed to him by the voters of Texas, Phelan got his chamber chief position from the House members themselves. Republicans and Democrats get an equal vote.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House of Representatives decided to ban members of the minority party ... calling for House Republicans to ban Democrats from being the top rank on a committee ...

Meanwhile in the Panhandle, Republicans were less excited that Burrows won the speaker contest thanks largely to Democrats.

The unusually public battle to helm the Texas House divided both Democratic and Republican lawmakers between Rep. Dustin ...

Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows raises ... Republican Party last year made the ban on Democratic chairs part of its platform, telling its members in the Capitol that supporting anything ...

The Republican arm wrestling over the Texas House gavel was settled ... long tradition of appointing members of both parties to committee leadership positions. Democrats responded to the threat ...