Our Lieutenant Governor is setting a strong tone to start off our session. We also take time today to break down the types of policy that will be on the negotiating table between Burrows and the Democrats who elected him.

We have a speaker; it’s not who conservatives support, and it is who the Democrats chose, but this week has been a huge win for conservative Republicans.

The speaker’s vote is less than a week away. One of Dustin Burrows’s allies is attacking Abbott and Patrick over their calls for Republican unity. In the final week, things are getting testy on Team Burrows.

It’s taken 15 years to get Texas Republicans fully aware of the dangerous alliance that a small group of Republicans have formed with a majority Democrat coalition. In two weeks, the votes will be cast and a new speaker will be elected.