Harvey Kronberg
Harvey Kronberg
both committee controlled house parties political texas though
Even though we have a democratically controlled House, we have committee chairmen from both political parties in the Texas House of Representatives.
speaker today weaker week
The speaker is weaker today than he was a week ago.
cast defend finance folks forced issues members popular school speaker themselves votes
The speaker forced a lot of members to cast votes on school finance and other issues that were not always popular with the folks back home, and that's what a lot of members were having to defend themselves on during this campaign.
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When Bush was sworn in the second time as governor, his father is standing behind him, and as he turns after taking the oath of office, he walks past his father's outstretched arms to Bullock, who truly was his practical political mentor, and he embraces Bullock first.
congress effect flow force leader majority money organizing ripple takes terms
It takes out a big organizing force. He was really a centerpiece in terms of fundraising, and he was an ideological anchor, and, obviously, as the majority leader in Congress had a major ripple effect on the flow of money to Texas.
folks knew surprised uncommon
I knew that the folks in D.C. were going to be surprised and some were going to be chagrined. But it's not all that uncommon here in Texas.
children created property purely solve
This has nothing to do with children or education. This is purely to solve a technicality in the law, where we have inadvertently created a statewide property tax.
currently far house leadership
You could have a dramatically different House of Representatives - one that's far more independent of the leadership than currently exists.
dismiss
I do not dismiss Merritt's allegation out of hand.