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With the House leaderless after a right-wing faction ousted Kevin McCarthy from the speakership on Tuesday, Representative Patrick McHenry of North Carolina will temporarily take up the gavel as ...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has handed over House impeachment spending records to the State Auditor, accusing former Speaker Dade Phelan of hiding the records to help his re-election campaign.
On Tuesday, Patrick effectively won ‘The Biggest Loser’ lottery, taking home a $250,000 payday after losing 181 pounds, or 45.25% of his body weight, and the Season 10 title.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, in touting the Texas Senate's quick pace in passing priority bills this legislative session, is urging the Texas House and its speaker to get moving. The “steamroller ...
AUSTIN — With just days left in the special session, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan are trading blows again. This time, they’re blaming each other for not passing a ...
Call it a numbers game. After six months of intense training, dieting and sheer willpower, Patrick House stepped onto the scale and into the winner's circle as the champion for season 10 of "The ...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick takes off judge's hat, calls impeachment a waste of taxpayers' money The president of the Texas Senate who oversaw Ken Paxton's impeachment says the process must be overhauled.
AUSTIN — Just moments after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick used the words "dysfunction," "negligence" and "stupidity" to describe Speaker Dade Phelan's management of the Texas House, the Senate's ...
With his agenda through Senate, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pushes House to comply House Speaker Dade Phelan has his own priorities, which sets up a clash during waning weeks of the session.
AUSTIN — It's probably a safe bet that few if any close watchers of the Texas Capitol had "Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick admits to missing former House Speaker Joe Straus" on their 2023 bingo card.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Thursday panned the Texas House's budget proposal, suggesting it is fiscally irresponsible because it exceeds Comptroller Glenn Hegar's biennial revenue estimate.