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Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... Republicans need this seat to keep their majority, and even though Harper-Brown is not in Speaker Joe Straus' inner circle, he'll have plenty of money to spend and could spend heavily to help her. The same could be said for Bohac. Obama won Harper-Brown's district, 52-47. Harper-Brown is most certainly endangered, but nothing has been won yet. Business analyst and former state house district...
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Texas Watchdog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
... from the speaker’s post earlier this year and replaced with a more moderate Republican, Rep. Joe Straus of Austin. Read the whole press release .Tags: , , , , , , , , Related posts
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Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
... of the Legislative Budget Board that has been working to fix the problem. House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, is the other co-chairman. “It is essential that the state’s eligibility offices are fully equipped to meet the critical and most basic needs of Texas families,” Straus said. The board sent a letter to agency officials authorizing the immediate filling of 400 vacancies...
