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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...

Texas Democrat lawmakers are desperately attempting to block Republicans from passing a new voter integrity bill in a special session. A special session that was called, in part, because House Democrats staged a walk-out in the final days of the 87th Texas Legislative Session which killed off the voting bill at the time...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott had announced weeks ago that the first special session of the Texas Legislature would begin on July 8. Up until today, no one knew what exactly would be considered during the special session. On Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced which items would be considered...

The first special session of the 85th Legislature ended up essentially ending one day early after a surprise move by the Texas House