December 6, 2018      4:18 PM
HK: With parliamentarian choices, Chair Bonnen gives a nod to the last Democratic Texas House Speaker
Newbie Republicans might be alarmed at the thought of a conservative Speaker even invoking the name of the last Democrat to preside over the House, but for long-time members and lobbyists, Laney was considered a model
Speaker-to-be
Dennis Bonnen has spent the last
several weeks telling various members and lobby constituencies that he hopes to
model his Speakership style in the fashion of former Speaker Pete Laney, D-Hale Center.
And
in today’s announcement of Sharon Carter
and Hugh Brady as House Parliamentarians,
Bonnen underscored his intention
By Harvey Kronberg
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