The Texas Legislature is looking more like the U.S. Congress. Last week the Republican-controlled state House approved new ...

New Texas House rules passed on Thursday prevent members of the minority party from holding influential committee chair ...

Although Democrats will be prohibited from chairing the main legislative committees, the chamber voted to expand the powers ...

The proposed House rules would, however, require committee vice chairmanships to be given to minority party members, who are ...

Conservative activists in the GOP caucus called any power sharing with the minority party a betrayal of Republican voters.

Texas Democratic state House Rep. Mihaela Plesa, who handily won reelection in a traditionally Republican stronghold, gave the Democratic Party advice on how to rebound from bruising losses during ...

Under the Texas Constitution, the House and Senate cannot pass legislation during the first 60 days of a regular session, ...

However, the minority party has yet to muster any viable ... The largest contributor to individual Democratic candidates was the Texas Sands PAC, which gave $542,000. The group is lobbying ...

While new House rules prevent Democrats from leading committees, it increases the power of the vice-chair position which will still give Democrats some say in legislation.

Will Texas House Republicans face censure following Speaker vote? Can they legally be removed from primary ballot?

Accusations of self-dealing and defamation have flown between the Arizona Democratic Party's chair, Yolanda Bejarano, and ...

The Republican-led Texas House voted Thursday to bar Democrats from holding powerful committee chair posts, ending a longstanding tradition that members credited with fostering a bipartisan spirit ...