The current House speaker, Rep. Dade Phelan, a Beaumont Republican, announced he was exiting the race on Friday, Dec. 6.

The Texas House GOP Caucus voted to endorse Cook on Saturday in a 48-14 vote, but only after some of Burrows's backers had left the meeting. By convention, House Republicans are expected to vote for ...

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, delivered a farewell speech Tuesday afternoon on the Senate floor. Cardin, 81, has been a longtime fixture in Maryland politics, serving in elected office over 58 ...

US Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) has been selected to lead the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. ...

At the time 50 years ago, the ranks of women were small in the U.S. Congress, the Connecticut legislature and in various ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan ... in the 89th Legislature.” The speaker race now comes down to two Republican State Representatives, Dustin Burrows of Lubbock and David ...

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan will not hold his leadership role when lawmakers return to Austin in January for the next ...

The retreat is currently scheduled for January 27 through 29. While not all of the 220 Republicans representatives are ...

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The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping $895 billion defense policy bill that includes a ban on transgender care for children of military members.

Phelan says he will continue to serve in the Texas House of Representatives ... united and focused on the real problems affecting Texans: struggling public schools, unregulated price gauging after ...

Dade Phelan announces withdrawal from Texas House Speaker race Phelan had held ... says he will continue to serve in the Texas House of Representatives. In a statement, Phelan said, "By stepping ...