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Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP’s hard right

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A push by Texas’ hard right to widen control in the state Capitol fell short Tuesday after House lawmakers rejected its choice for the powerful speakership amid a Republican feud accelerated by the historic impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton. Instead, new House Speaker Dustin Burrows won the job with the support of Demo…

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