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Texas State Representative David Spiller is calling on Governor Greg Abbott to call a fourth Special Session over vaccine mandates.

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday called for Texas Governor Greg Abbott to add an item to the third special session that is currently underway in Austin. In the letter from the former President, Trump called on Abbott to add an election audit bill to the current session. In ...

It was a late night for members of the Texas House on Thursday as lawmakers debated, then eventually passed election reform legislation.

On Thursday, the Texas House Democrats obstruction and stunt campaign came to an end when enough Democrats returned to the House Floor. That took some in their party by surprise and strongly worded letters and tweets were sent out by Democrats who were angry that work would now continue on legislation dealing with voter integrity laws, bail reform, a 13th paycheck for retired teachers. The... Read

Well, this could be another public relations problem for the Texas Democrats who fled Texas to go to Washington, D.C. during the special session. Of course the Democrats who left will accomplish their goal of running out the clock on the special session and I'm sure they will celebrate their short victory and post heroic selfies on social media for everyone to see...

The Texas House Democrats who fled to Washington, D.C. only have a handful of days left before they are able to run out the clock on the first special session. In Texas, the Governor can call a special session when the legislature is out of regular session, and he can call as many as he wants, but they only last thirty days and for this special session, day thirty is on Friday...

Texas House Democrats are still in Washington, D.C. avoiding going back to the Texas Capitol because they don't want to allow a vote on voter integrity legislation. By breaking quorum, Democrats are also not allowing the Texas House to vote on bail reform, checks for retired teachers and money for the foster care system...

Listen to the full interview with State Representative Dustin Burrows above. What are Republican House members of the Texas Legislature doing while House Democrats are in Washington, D.C.? Talking and strategizing. That according to Chairman Dustin Burrows is how Republicans are spending their days while under a call of the House. ...

Speaker Dade Phelan says the Democrats who have fled the state shouldn't be keep the per diem they are being paid during the current special session of the Texas Legislature

It's not cheap to travel these days. Even if you are a Texas House Democrat fleeing the special session of the Texas Legislature. I have had many listeners ask how much the Democrats are spending on their D.C. Adventure and who is paying for it...

Texas House Democrats know they are going to lose. Maybe not this week. Maybe not next week. But at some point, they will have to vote on voter integrity legislation and they will lose. They know this and the media knows this. Yet, the Democrats are willing to kill other pieces of legislation that would help so many, just so they can vacation in Washington and be seen on CNN and MSNBC...

Texas House Democrats have fled Texas and they have no plans of coming back anytime soon. More than 51 House Democrats, enough to break a quorum, packed up and left on Monday. They boarded charted buses and flew on private plans to Washington, D...