Analysis: A Texas House speaker’s first act is to put together a list
Now that Dennis Bonnen has been elected speaker of the Texas House, his first big decision will show the rest of us who is in power and who is not.
In a few days — the timing is purely up to him — Bonnen will make committee assignments, telling the people who elected him what they’ll be doing for the next 20 weeks.
It sounds simple enough, right? But it’s one of those leadership powers that looks administrative but is purely — and dangerously — political.
Please follow and like us:
