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Members press repeated parliamentary inquiries about HR 4, vice-chair powers and budget authority; Speaker declines to take up questions on the floor
Summary
Several House members used parliamentary inquiries on Jan. 28 to challenge provisions in HR 4 and related housekeeping resolutions—questioning vice-chair powers, committee scheduling and budget authority—but the Speaker repeatedly said the matters were not before the House and directed members to raise them with the parliamentarian.
Multiple members of the Texas House on Jan. 28, 2025 raised sustained parliamentary inquiries about the chamber's new rules—particularly provisions in HR 4 and the housekeeping resolution—that they said change vice-chair powers, committee scheduling and control over office and committee budgets. The Speaker repeatedly ruled the questions "not before the House" and asked members to bring the matters down front to the parliamentarian; no formal ruling or floor action on the substance occurred.
The exchanges began as members asked whether the rules adopted the prior week allowed committees to adopt personal office budgets and whether the House…
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