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30 Jan 2015, 4:10 am
"CAIR responded by sending a letter (full text) raising ethics questions to House Speaker Joe Straus, in part asking:Has Rep. [read post]
11 Aug 2014, 8:57 am
Interim charges were first requested by the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, but were not assigned by Speaker Joe Straus. [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 12:46 pm
If the San Antonio location uses anywhere near that much, it's not an insignificant thing given that city's chronic water shortage:Since Barack Obama will still be president when the Texas Legislature meets again, I could see this gathering significant attention and momentum among the Tea Party crowd, though it would be virtually impossible to pass: The fact that House Speaker Joe Straus hails from San Antonio probably means it could never get a floor vote in that chamber,… [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 8:04 am
David Dewhurst and House speaker Joe Straus had agreed to put language in Senate Bill 1, a fiscal matters bill, that would financially penalize any Texas city that has a sanctuary city policy. [read post]
26 Jul 2009, 6:28 am
From the Plano Star-Courier (July 26):Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus recently announced that the president of the National Conference of State Legislatures has invited Representative Jerry Madden (R-Plano) to be the chairman of the Law and Criminal Justice Committee in the conference year ahead.Madden served the past year on the LCJC as vice chairman, and said his new position will allow him to have more coordination with the staff and be more involved in national… [read post]
6 Jan 2011, 12:52 pm
Rick Perry has been “unsupportive of bringing the Arizona law to Texas” and House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, is focusing on border security. [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 8:41 am
Rick Perry announced Tuesday that he, House Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 12:00 pm
In a recent New Yorker article, Texas’s Republican House Speaker Joe Straus said of these sustained attacks on transgender people: “I’m disgusted by all this. [read post]
2 Apr 2016, 1:12 pm
”Fees are adding up: court costs; lab fees; CrimeStopper fees; Life Skills program fee; Pre-Sentence Investigation Report fees; Substance Abuse Questionnaire fee; and the monthly probation supervision fee, about $40 to 60.In Texas, House Speaker Joe Straus asked an interim committee to come up with ideas to reform the system. [read post]
5 May 2017, 7:51 am
Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, none of which have made it to the floor of the Senate or House for a vote are: The appointment of a special prosecutor for officer-involved shootings. [read post]
30 Jul 2014, 11:22 am
Increasingly I wonder if much of the extra hype we're seeing about the border from state leaders isn't intended as a pre-emptive counter to House Speaker Joe Straus' stated desire to stop spending state highway money on DPS and spend it on roads and transportation instead. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 8:10 am
State Republican Executive Committee, official John Cook is one of those who believe Jews do not possess the correct “values” to represent the Lone Star State wanting to oust incumbent Speaker Joe Straus, who is Jewish. [read post]
9 Mar 2010, 11:24 am
., David Dewhurst and House Speaker Joe Straus authorized the initial steps that include expanded bike patrols, the deployment of bomb-sniffing dogs, a mass notification system for Capitol workers in case of an emergency and new training programs for troopers who provide security at the statehouse. [read post]
1 Feb 2009, 12:43 am
That explains why he was the sole House member to vote against the rules in a 147-1 vote.Indeed, based on broad support for Madden's changes to the rules (121 members voted against Dutton's motion to reconsider), I wouldn't be surprised to see Speaker Joe Straus retain him as chair of Corrections, even though Madden was a holdout Craddick backer until late in the process. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 6:33 am
— The Texas Tribune Ahead of 2019 session, Speaker Joe Straus orders Texas House to research Harvey issues — “We know that this is not going to be a normal legislative interim,” Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said Thursday as he directed House committees to research policy issues related to Hurricane Harvey. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 6:33 am
— The Texas Tribune Ahead of 2019 session, Speaker Joe Straus orders Texas House to research Harvey issues — “We know that this is not going to be a normal legislative interim,” Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said Thursday as he directed House committees to research policy issues related to Hurricane Harvey. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 3:43 pm
Fast Facts about the 85th Texas Legislature Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, was unanimously re-elected to a record-tying fifth term as Speaker of the House. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 7:51 am
Under both Speakers Cradddick and Straus, the Calendars Committee has consistently refused to let such legislation onto the floor. [read post]
26 Mar 2016, 7:24 am
Besides, they're mainly doing this to attack Texas House Speaker Joe Straus and it was police unions who came to his ardent defense when the Speaker was attacked during the primary. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 8:35 am
The Texas Tribune reported the groups wrote a letter to Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus asking for the creation of a joint legislative committee to evaluate the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. [read post]
