The veteran president of the Texas Senate and the new speaker of the House did not start out on the same page.

By State Rep. Mitch Little It’s a tense time to be in the Texas House. The first two weeks of the legislative session have ...

The 119th United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. New members were ...

Trump’s move to pause all federal grants and loans is a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight,” said House ...

House Republicans are leaving their issues retreat in Florida with a lot of big questions still unanswered about their agenda ...

After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...

Laken Riley Act: President Trump signed his first bill into law, and it closely tracked his agenda on immigration. The bill ...

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

Democrats will serve as House committee vice chairs, which some lawmakers said harks back to the Texas tradition of power ...

President Donald Trump signed a record number of executive orders during his first week back at the White House.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Paxton gave more credence to the rumors, saying that despite "loving what I’m doing … ...