House Speaker Dade Phelan on Friday announced he is dropping his bid for another term leading the lower chamber, ending a bruising, monthslong intraparty push to remove him from power. Phelan ...

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan emerged from Tuesday's bloody GOP primary runoff with a wafer-thin victory, but the dominant forces in the Republican Party who have been gunning for him for more ...

“Show the speaker voting aye.” Rep. Dade Phelan cast a rare vote last May, his voice cutting through the din of the packed House as members scrambled to register their votes on the question of ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is joining Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan's team as a senior advisor. According to a statement from Phelan's office, Perry, 74, will join the speaker's team as a ...

It's clear this is a new chapter in Texas politics. At least one Austin insider says former speaker Dade Phelan will still have a voice in the house. Burrows supports school vouchers, which is ...

Dade Phelan a third term as speaker of the Texas House was that Republican lawmakers felt they should be able to elect the chamber's leader without any help from the outnumbered Democrats.

Rep. Dade Phelan, a Republican from Beaumont, held a news conference Wednesday to share that he has enough support to become the next Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Over the ...

David Cook (R) for the role, but lawmakers voted 85-55 for Burrows, an ally of outgoing Speaker Dade Phelan (R). “The duty bestowed upon me today as Speaker of the Texas House is one of immense ...

(The Center Square) – Texas state Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, said on Friday he is dropping his bid to run for reelection as speaker of the House. “Out of deep respect for this institution ...

"But, SPEAKER Dade Phelan killed the bill by letting it languish in committee for a month, assuring it would never have time for a vote on the floor," he added. "This was inexcusable and unacceptable.