Phelan Spends Over $2 Million to Grow the Texas House GOP Majority, Gets Attacked by Texas GOP
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan spent over $2 million to successfully grow the Republican majority in the Texas House during the 2022 general election, according to campaign finance reports recently filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. This amount is in addition to the funds Phelan spent to assist candidates in the 2022 Republican Primary. There […]
Gov. Abbott and Lt. Governor Patrick Inaugurated
In front of a large crowd outside of the Texas Capitol, Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick were sworn in for their third terms in their respective offices this morning. Lt. Governor Patrick was the first to deliver his inaugural remarks, after being introduced by former State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. (D-Brownsville) and […]
A Conversation with Speaker Phelan
In his first interview since his re-election as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Dade Phelan visited with The Texas Voice for a wide ranging conversation. The conversation began with a discussion of Speaker Phelan’s work to grow the Republican Party during the 2022 election, which saw the number of Republican State Representatives increase from 83 […]
Texas House Passes Rules- Attempt to “Ban Democrat Chairs” Fizzles
The Texas House of Representatives passed a rules package earlier this afternoon by a vote of 123-19. Final passage came after several hours of debate, but not before an attempt to amend the rule to prohibit the Speaker from appointing Democrats as committee chairs was struck down on a point of order. Prior to considering […]
Dade Phelan Overwhelmingly Re-Elected Speaker
On the opening day of the 88th session of the Texas Legislature, Speaker Dade Phelan (R- Beaumont) was overwhelmingly re-elected Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. Phelan won the votes of 145 members, with challenger Tony Tinderholt (R-Arlington) earning only 3 votes. Two members, State Representatives Richard Hayes (R- Denton) and Ana-Maria Ramos (D-Richardson) […]
Welcome to The Texas Voice
As a lifelong conservative and longtime observer and participant in Texas politics, it has been downright frustrating to see what the Texas media landscape has become in recent years. There is, of course, the legacy “mainstream” media. While there are still a few reporters for these outlets who are committed to quality reporting without an […]