The way the Texas House and most other legislative bodies operate, members can't just get up on the chamber floor and start ...

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will ...

Every two years all 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives meet in Austin ... session school choice never made it past the house floor after 21 republicans voted against it.

Before any real business can be taken care of, the Texas House of Representatives ... take photos with their guests ahead of the speaker vote. No guests will be allowed on the house floor for ...

A Texas lawmaker took to the Texas House floor on the first day of the legislative ... friends and fellow representatives. "In a time when our love and our existence are challenged, often ...

Every legislative session, the 150-member Texas House of Representatives votes on which ... which legislation gets voted on on the House floor. Considering the massive responsibility and influence ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House of Representatives elected State Rep ... go to a vote in the House and maintains order during floor debate. The Texas Constitution requires the House to choose ...

Here’s a rundown of how the Texas Legislature works and how you can participate in it. The Texas Legislature is made up of the House of Representatives ... a bill to the floor for debate.

The lines in the sand were drawn as soon as Texas ... the House of Representatives. Normally settled by December, the struggle for the House speaker position would come down to a dramatic floor ...

Still, the speaker in the Texas Legislature usually holds more power than the speaker in the U.S. House of Representatives ... whether bills are heard on the floor of the chamber or are funded.

We’re asking our Republican state representatives ... the balance of power within the Texas Legislature. “Being able to get bills to the floor of the house for an up or down vote is ...