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December 10, 2024 2:41 PM
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December 10, 2024 11:30 AM
For now, it looks like Burrows and Cook are stalled out beneath the threshold for victory, possibly necessitating an additional Republican candidate; Burrows might be able to get there if he abandons his signature policy issue
What
to say about this past weekend?
Well,
first it should be said that a speaker race gives Texas House
members an opportunity to see the worst version of their colleagues. Lying and
cheating are all part of jockeying for position. Some of the most respected members
will resort to saying almost anything. Once it is over, history shows that it
all usually settles out and things return to the current norm.
With
more than a month to go before the vote is taken in January, these last few
days saw a flurry of activity that some had hoped would result in a clear victory
this weekend.
That
didn’t happen.
Instead,
there was a kind of controlled chaos in the GOP Caucus in the
form of a sham endorsement process created several years ago with the purpose
of distracting from the member-to-member conversations that actually
result in consolidation of the support necessary for a speaker candidate
to be successful. Over on the Democratic side, the discussions could best be
described as frantic, per multiple sources familiar
with the numerous conference calls held by the House Democratic Caucus.
Let’s
break it all down. Of course, your thoughts are welcome.
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December 10, 2024 11:12 AM
“I have submitted the following request to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in reference to any potential violations of law committed by Dustin Burrows, the self proclaimed 'Speaker-Elect' in an apparent attempt to raise large sums of money."
Rep.
Lozano’s letter to Paxton can be downloaded
here.
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December 9, 2024 10:53 AM
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December 8, 2024 4:47 PM
At least three Democratic House members, including one who went on record Sunday, said Rep. Cook has been reaching out to collaborate for weeks if not months
At
least three Texas House Democrats now report that Rep. David
Cook has, for weeks if not months, been reaching out for advice and support
as he figures out his path to holding the gavel in the 2025 session.
One
of those Democrats went on the record about it with Quorum Report
on Sunday.
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December 7, 2024 6:38 PM
In
the scramble over the gavel, Calendars Chairman Dustin Burrows and Rep. David Cook
released lists of supporters tonight that contain a decent amount of the same
names. Burrows had a list with 76 names. Cook’s list included
56.
Here
are the members or incoming freshmen who are on both lists:
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December 7, 2024 6:06 PM
"I distinctly told him I did not want to be on his list," McLaughlin said, putting Chair Burrows at 75 supporters
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December 7, 2024 5:59 PM
The
list is here.
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December 7, 2024 4:54 PM
Says he will release list of supporters later today
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December 7, 2024 4:21 PM
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December 7, 2024 1:49 PM
47 for Cook, 41 for Burrows in the caucus' 2nd vote. Meantime the Democratic Caucus is weighing whether to endorse Burrows as soon as today, per sources
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December 6, 2024 9:09 PM
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December 6, 2024 8:07 AM
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December 5, 2024 10:03 PM
House Democrats have been informed by their leadership that Speaker Phelan will exit the race, per sources tonight; some Republicans point out that Democrats have incredible leverage because the GOP Caucus is so divided ahead of their meeting slated for this weekend
Some
Texas House Republicans are working through the night, it
appears, trying to secure the votes for Calendars Committee Chairman
Dustin Burrows to emerge as a speaker candidate who can strike a deal
with Democrats who are this evening being urged by their leadership to keep
their powder dry for now.
Of
course, that does not mean side deals aren’t happening even now.
Burrows
and former Speaker Dennis Bonnen were said to be hosting some House Republicans
at the very same time that the House Democratic Caucus was being
informed by their leadership that Speaker Dade Phelan plans to withdraw
from the race and the options, for now, are either Burrows or already-declared
candidate Rep. David Cook.
Around
8 pm, some Republican House lawmakers were seen entering the condo complex
where Burrows and Bonnen stay when they’re in Austin. Some of them were:
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December 5, 2024 11:00 AM
Questions arise about a possibly illegitimate process: The caucus has no parliamentarian and no requirement that current, former, or potential speaker candidates must recuse themselves from making rulings as the discussion unfolds
Ahead
of what’s been billed as a pivotal meeting of the Texas House GOP Caucus
slated for Saturday, some Republican lawmakers are increasingly growing uneasy and
privately asking questions about exactly how the process is supposed to work
for endorsing a speaker candidate.
They’re
not getting great answers so far, prompting at least one top Republican
lawmaker to say, “I don’t think this will be resolved this weekend.”
So,
what’s going on here?
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December 5, 2024 10:49 AM
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December 4, 2024 6:31 PM
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December 3, 2024 11:41 AM
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December 3, 2024 11:14 AM
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