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Joseph Richard Straus III (born September 1, 1959) is an American politician who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. A Republican, he represented District 121, which comprises northeastern Bexar County, including parts of San Antonio and several surrounding communities, from his first election to the House in 2005 until his retirement in 2019.
The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of ... Joe Straus: Republican 2009–2019 81st: 82nd: 83rd: 84th: 85th ...
The brawl between the Senate's president and the House's speaker over school vouchers is reminiscent of past fights between Texas' top legislative leaders.
Bonnen served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. A Republican, Bonnen represented District 25 of the Texas House from 1997 to 2021. [1] In 2013, then-Speaker Joe Straus appointed Bonnen as Speaker Pro Tempore, presiding over the House in the Speaker's absence. [2] In January 2019, Bonnen was elected Speaker.
List of speakers of the Texas House of Representatives; A. Branch T. Archer; B. Ben Barnes (Texas politician) ... Joe Straus; T. M. D. K. Taylor; William S. Taylor ...
Geren, an ally of Joe Straus, the moderate Republican former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, faced unsuccessful Tea Party movement opposition in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, from Bo French. [5] Geren defeated French again in the March 6, 2018, Republican primary.
(The Center Square) – On the same day the Texas Senate filed its 2026-2027 biennium budget proposal, the Texas House filed a similar budget. The proposals are nearly identical, allocating more ...
The newly built, 9,000-square-foot property in River Oaks—with architecture by Houston’s Benjamin Johnston Design—is, like the City of Love, utterly timeless and as indulgent as a tarte aux ...