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Speaker calls anti-groping bill ‘ill advised publicity stunt’
House Speaker Rep. Joe Straus » Photo by Harry Cabluck, Associated Press The state House adjourned abruptly Friday without debating an anti-groping bill that Speaker Joe Straus said would turn Texas...
View ArticleSpeaker Straus weighs in on redistricting
House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, wants federal judges examining controversial redistricting maps to respect the boundaries drawn by the Republican-controlled legislature. “As the panel of...
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MALC sends strong response to Speaker Straus
House Speaker Joe Straus’ warning Monday that Republican leaders would ask for U.S. Supreme Court intervention into the state’s redistricting squabble triggered a strong response Tuesday from the...
View ArticleSpeaker names human trafficking committee
Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, will co-chair an interim legislative committee to study human trafficking. House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, chose the veteran lawmaker to lead the House...
View ArticleLawmakers, Texans focus on school funding
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, announced the creation of a joint interim committee to study the public school finance system, which likely will be meeting later...
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Straus backed by former critic Texas Alliance for Life
Speaker Joe Straus (AP Photo) Two years ago, Joe Pojman, director of the anti-abortion group Texas Alliance for Life spoke against re-election of the current Speaker of the House Joe Straus (R-121)...
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Perry cool on question of endorsing Straus (UPDATE)
Gov. Rick Perry is unequivocal in his support of Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst’s bid for U.S. Senate, even going with him to vote early this morning at a public library in Tarrytown, an upscale neighborhood...
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Some walk out on Straus at GOP convention
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst got an overall good reception from the GOP convention crowd, even though his name was booed a day earlier when Gov. Rick Perry mentioned him. He had a lot of applause lines, and...
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Speaker Straus: ‘I doubt that Texas would ever be ready for me’
House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, demurred when 11-year-old Hollins Randolph of Austin asked whether he’d ever run for governor Saturday. “Will I? No, well, I didn’t really want to run for...
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Straus re-elected to fourth term as Texas House speaker
House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio (AP Photo) AUSTIN— The House overwhelmingly re-elected Speaker Joe Straus as leader of the 150-member chamber Tuesday, soundly rejecting a tea party-backed...
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