The battle between the two chambers of the Texas Legislature escalated late last week when State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) launched yet another attack on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The…
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House Passes Tax Relief Measures
…relief emphasizing a sales tax cut. Both plans addressed cuts to the state business tax. House Bill 31 and HB 32, authored by Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton), passed overwhelmingly —…
House GOP: Sales Tax Cut ‘Compelling’
…Texans also pay the highest share of the sales tax, so a tax cut would follow the same pattern. HB32 by State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R-Angelton) would reduce state revenues…
Tyranny in the Texas House
…measure in front of the body. In a series of parliamentary inquiries brought from the back microphone, Stickland challenged Speaker Pro Tempore Dennis Bonnen (R–Angleton) and discovered that Straus, working…
Abbott Continues Calls for Tax Relief
…Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton), the lower chamber has been eyeing a reduction in the state sales tax. Both Patrick and Bonnen have been trading public blows on the matter. In a…
Fights That Taxpayers Win
…which taxes to raise, but rather which taxes to cut. On Wednesday, State Rep. Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) unveiled a tax relief proposal that would provide nearly $5 billion in tax…
Taxpayers Winning!
…compromising downward, seemingly hoping to see who can get closest to none. That’s certainly been the case the last several legislative sessions. Dennis Bonnen… Not everyone in the Straus leadership…
Political Insecurity
…The author of HB 11 is Angleton Republican Dennis Bonnen, a Straus lieutenant. Unfortunately for Gilbert and Cubriel, the bill doesn’t “secure the border” as they claim. How do we…
Texans Want Tax Relief
…the political reality of Straus’ obstructionism has begun to dawn on some Straus-affiliated legislators. Brazoria County State Rep. Dennis Bonnen, who Straus appointed as chairman of the Ways and Means…
Straus Attacks Abbott Agenda
…18 Otto, John Dayton 19 White, James Woodville 20 Farney, Marsha Georgetown 21 Phelan, Dade Beaumont 23 Faircloth, Wayne Dickinson 24 Bonnen, Greg Friendswood 25 Bonnen, Dennis Angleton 26 Miller,…