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House defeats effort to remove Speaker Dustin Burrows after heated floor debate; motion to table prevails
Summary
A motion to remove Speaker Dustin Burrows was introduced and debated on the Texas House floor. Representative Harrison sponsored the resolution; Representative Harris moved to table it. The motion to table prevailed by recorded vote, effectively leaving Burrows in office.
Representative Harrison introduced a resolution (HR 823) on the Texas House floor calling for the removal of Speaker Dustin Burrows, sparking an extended, partisan debate and a record vote that resulted in the motion to table prevailing.
The resolution’s sponsor, Representative Harrison, told colleagues the measure was “a very simple resolution that quite frankly, many could argue is long overdue,” and accused the speaker of prioritizing special interests over voters and of “cut[ting] a deal with the minority party” that, he said, had silenced conservative members and stalled the body’s legislative…
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