The two dozen Republican signatories called on the next House leader to commit to their list of conservative demands that served as a repudiation of Speaker Dade Phelan.
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.Nearly two dozen GOP state lawmakers and candidates are pushing to overhaul the Texas House’s rules in a bid to further diminish the influence of Democrats and weaken key levers of power used by the speaker to control the chamber.
Phelan has defended the tradition, arguing it prevents the House from devolving into a state of gridlock without actually thwarting GOP priorities. But the speaker’s critics framed it as a sign of his insufficiently conservative record, an argument they used to help unseat a record nine House GOP incumbents in the March 5 primary. Eight others, including Phelan, were forced into runoffs.
Phelan has spent millions of dollars from his campaign account over the last two cycles to defend GOP allies against primary challenges from the right.
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