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Texas, Dustin Burrows and House speaker

Who is Dustin Burrows? 5 things to know about Texas' new Speaker of House from Lubbock

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday with 85 votes in the 150-member chamber.

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Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP's hard right

Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won the job with the support of Democrats, who favored him over a challenger backed by the GOP’s emboldened right.

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Dustin Burrows's Election As Texas House Speaker Sparks MAGA Anger

Newsweek contacted Representatives Dustin Burrows and David Cook for comment on Wednesday outside of regular office hours via email and online inquiry form respectively. The Republican Party of Texas has been rocked by infighting since 2023 over a failed bid to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton,

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Mike Johnson wins reelection as House speaker in dramatic vote to open new Congress

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

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Recap: Johnson wins the battle for House speaker as holdouts relent

Mike Johnson persuaded a pair of GOP skeptics to change votes, keeping the gavel in an era of Republican control in Washington.

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Mike Johnson reelected as House speaker. All 4 Utah reps support him

The fate of Mike Johnson’s gavel rested on the House of Representatives and members-elect of the 119th Congress. On Friday, ...

Speaker Mike Johnson quietly enacts ‘cruel’ anti-transgender bathroom ban in U.S. House of Representatives

After South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S.

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Mike Johnson elected speaker of US House as Trump’s Republicans unite behind him

US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber’s top job on Friday in a lengthy vote that highlighted persistent divisions among Donald Trump’s Republicans on ...

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The 119th Congress — Day 1 — A Tale of Two Legislative Bodies and the Beginning of a Busy Year

The opening hours of the 119th Congress provided an interesting look at the two bodies of Congress, the United States House of Representatives ...

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Is Demuth the Minnesota House speaker? Here's what we know

Republicans appointed Demuth as speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, but will the move stick? Here's what we ...

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House speaker, lieutenant governor make committee appointments for 2025 session. See choices

House Speaker Jason White and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann have selected legislators to fill empty committee seats.

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