Beaumont Republican Rep. Dade Phelan on Saturday is expected to survive a long-sought test demanded by the most staunchly conservative members of his party:...
on Saturday is expected to survive a long-sought test demanded by the most staunchly conservative members of his party:
Phelan, 47, a real estate developer just elected to his fifth term in the House, is the heavy favorite to again lead the chamber in next year’s session, which starts Jan. 10. Republican consultant Luke Macias, who has been close to Tinderholt, said that even if the Tarrant County lawmaker doesn’t win the caucus’ nod Saturday, he forced an “unprecedented” intraparty contest.
The state GOP’s hard-right activists, though, long have expressed frustration that Democratic committee chairmen have helped stall some of their priority items, such as school vouchers and a rollback of in-state tuition rates for children of undocumented immigrants. Phelan has said his appointment last year of Democrats to head 13 of the House’s 34 standing committees didn’t thwart passage of what he has called a solidly conservative work product.
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