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    81 conservative organization leaders in Texas declared that they will hold Republican candidates for the Texas House accountable for their stance on amending the House Republican Caucus bylaws. The bylaws currently do not require Republicans to nominate a Speaker candidate within the Caucus or vote as a block for that candidate. The group is skeptical of proposed "non-binding" changes and wants to ensure accountability. They will not support any Republican candidate who does not commit to amending the bylaws to include these requirements.

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    81 conservative organization leaders in Texas declared that they will hold Republican candidates for the Texas House accountable for their stance on amending the House Republican Caucus bylaws. The bylaws currently do not require Republicans to nominate a Speaker candidate within the Caucus or vote as a block for that candidate. The group is skeptical of proposed "non-binding" changes and wants to ensure accountability. They will not support any Republican candidate who does not commit to amending the bylaws to include these requirements.

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    81 conservative organization leaders in Texas declared that they will hold Republican candidates for the Texas House accountable for their stance on amending the House Republican Caucus bylaws. The bylaws currently do not require Republicans to nominate a Speaker candidate within the Caucus or vote as a block for that candidate. The group is skeptical of proposed "non-binding" changes and wants to ensure accountability. They will not support any Republican candidate who does not commit to amending the bylaws to include these requirements.

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    Coalition of 81 Organization Leaders Declare Stance

    on Texas House Speaker Selection Process:


    We intend to hold GOP candidates accountable.

    Monday, November 27, 2017


    For immediate release
    Contact: JoAnn Fleming (903) 360-2858

    The Establishment wing of the Texas GOP has signaled it is ready to


    make a deal with the Democrats. "What is incredibly important is that
    the speaker candidate that's ultimately rallied around needs to be rallied
    around by both the Republicans and the Democrats," Zerwas said. [GOP
    Rep. John Zerwas, a declared Speaker candidate, Dallas Morning News,
    11/6/17]

    This is exactly how we ended up with a Republican House Speaker who


    boldly proclaimed his intentions to obstruct key legislative initiatives
    supported by Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and
    obstruct he did. Session after session, numerous pro-taxpayer initiatives
    have been killed by the current Speaker and his Committee Chairs.

    Conservative grassroots leaders across Texas have had enough of it, and so
    has Texas Republican Party Chairman James Dickey.

    When it comes to State House Republicans nominating a Republican


    candidate for Texas House Speaker, Texas State Republican Party
    Chairman James Dickey has drawn a line in the sand

    When House candidates file for office, we will ask them whether they will
    commit or not commit to supporting the [speaker] choice of the GOP
    Caucus, Texas GOP State Chairman James Dickey. [The pledge is posted
    on TexasGOP.org.]

    The 2016 Texas Republican Party Platform reads:


    We call for the Republican members to caucus after each November
    general election to determine by secure secret ballot, their candidate for
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    Speaker. We also call for the Republican members to vote as a unified body
    for their selected speaker candidate when the legislature convenes in
    regular session.

    A five-member working group of the Texas House GOP Caucus has


    proposed a non-binding Texas House Speaker selection process. The
    House Caucus is scheduled to discuss the recommendations on December
    1, 2017.

    This Coalition is highly skeptical of the non-binding nature of the current


    recommendations. We have no confidence in bylaws changes that are non-
    binding. Where is the accountability?

    Because we believe a move is afoot to ensure status-quo, non-


    accountability for Republican House members, we, the undersigned,
    declare that we are fed up with obstructionists in the Texas House who
    work overtime to sabotage property tax reform, spending limits, and a
    whole host of conservative reforms supported by the Texas Republican
    Party Platform.

    We are tired of Republicans running as conservatives, but after being


    elected, legislating like Democrats and being proud of it! Therefore, the
    following statement represents our strong intention to hold Republican
    candidates for the Texas House accountable for their actions:

    Our organization will not support any Republican Candidate for the Texas
    House, incumbent or challenger, who does not support amending the
    House Republican Caucus bylaws to require the nomination of a Speaker
    Candidate in the Caucus and to require all Republicans vote as a block for
    that candidate on the House floor when the 86th Texas Legislature convenes
    in 2019.

    The undersigned Texas Grassroots Leaders,*

    Don Dyer, Spokesman & Treasurer, New Leadership PAC

    Tim Lambert, Chairman, Texas Home School Coalition PAC

    JoAnn Fleming, Executive Director, Grassroots America - We the People PAC

    Cathie Adams, Vice-President, National Eagle Forum Council; Past President,


    Texas Eagle Forum
    Trayce Bradford, President, Texas Eagle Forum PAC

    Elizabeth Graham, Director, Texas Right to Life PAC

    Aaron Harris, Executive Director, Direct Action Texas

    Jonathan Saenz, President, Texas Values Action


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    Mike Olcott, Co-founder, Parker County Conservatives


    Toni & Tom Fabry, Chairman & Treasurer, Frisco TEA Party
    Adam Cahn, Austin Political Blogger, Cahnmans Musings
    Anna Bartosh, Treasurer, San Angelo TEA Party; Tom Green County GOP
    Precinct Chair, SD 28
    Alice Cromwell, Dallas County Conservative, SD16
    Bill Bingham, Spokesman, Bryan/College Station TEA Party, SD5
    Bill & Patty Gallagher, owners of The PrimaData Liberty Center, SD 2
    Bill Hussey, Founder & Vice-President, Llano TEA Party
    Bob Farris, Park Cities/Preston Hollow Leadership Forum, SD12
    Brady Whatley, Flower Mound Area Republican Club
    Butch Marsalis, past President, Panola County Conservatives; National
    GOP Delegate
    Carol Doucet, a Founder, Conservative Society of Navarro County; Navarro
    County GOP Precinct Chair

    Carroll Maxwell, Past Pres./Board Member, Collin Co. Conservative Republicans;


    Collin County GOP Precinct Chair
    Char Doonan, Wood County Conservatives, SD1
    Cindi Castilla, President, Dallas Eagle Forum; Dallas County GOP Precinct Chair
    CJ Grisham, Founder, Open Carry Texas
    Connie Currie, West Texas Conservative Leadership, Lubbock GOP
    David Carter, Bell County Election Judge, Precinct 311
    David & Rena French, Grassroots America VIP Founder members
    David Wilson, Director, Cypress Texas Tea Party; Harris County GOP Precinct Chair
    Davis Ford, TEA Party Conservatives -Temple
    Deborah Bailey, San Angelo TEA Party , SD28
    Della Clark, Charter Member, Grassroots America We the People PAC
    Denise Rives, Star Republican Women, SD24
    Dennis Cable, State Republican Executive Committee, SD 1
    Don P. Dixon, transportation reform activist & blogger, San Antonio
    Dr. Barry A. Schlech, Ph.D., Past President & VP, current Communications
    Director, Texas Patriots TEA Party
    Dr. Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D., Educator, Education Policy Analyst
    Dr. Dwayne Collins, DVM, Founder & Chairman, Edom TEA Party
    Ed Griffin, Immediate Past President Frisco Area Republicans
    4

    Emmanuel Lewis, Irving Conservatives


    Ernie Clark, Past President, Grassroots America We the People PAC
    Faye Hussey, founding member, Llano TEA Party, SD24
    Gary Gentz, Henderson County TEA Party
    Geri Bentley, Founding Member & Treasurer, Clear Lake TEA Party
    George Pangborn, President, Highland Lakes TEA Party
    H. Scott Apley, GOP Precinct Chair, Galveston County
    Jan Shedd, Webmaster & Events Coordinator, Kaufman County TEA Party
    Janice Carter, Temple Texas John Birch Society Chapter
    Janie Brittain, Steering Committee member, Garland TEA Party
    Jeff Judson, Bexar County GOP Precinct Chair
    Jeremiah Hunter, Chairman, We the People Longview TEA Party
    Jim Stanley, Chairman, Henderson County TEA Party; Henderson County GOP
    Precinct Chair
    Joe Harrison, Founder & Organizer, Cass County Patriots
    Joel Starnes, Founder, The Organization for American Values
    Josie Schoolcraft, President, Cherokee County Republican Club; Cherokee
    County GOP Precinct Chair
    Joyce Jones, Leader, Central Texas TEA Party
    Judy Brady, founding member, Central Texas TEA Party, SD31
    Karen Marsalis, past President & VP of Panola County Republican Women;
    Panola County GOP Precinct Chair
    Karen White, Coordinator, North Dallas TEA Party
    Karl Voigtsberger, State Republican Executive Committee, SD 8
    Kathy Eisenbach, charter member, Grassroots America - We the People PAC
    Larry Korkmas, President, TFIRE; Vice President, TEC, The Executive Council;
    Harris County GOP Precinct Chair
    Laura Perryman, Vice-President, Grassroots America We the People PAC
    Lyleann McClellan Thee, President, San Angelo TEA Party
    Maggie Wright, founding member/past president, Texas Patriots TEA Party
    Maria Espinoza, Co-founder & National Director, The Remembrance Project,
    Washington, DC

    Maria Martinez, Houston Inner Loop Grassroots


    Mark Montgomery, President, Dallas County Republican Assembly
    Mark Ramsey, State GOP Exec. Committee, SD 7; SREC Officials Committee
    Mary Jo Cason, Kaufman County TEA Party
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    Matt Long, President, Fredericksburg TEA Party of Texas


    Melody Spray, charter member, Harrison County - We the People
    Mike Openshaw, Co-Founder North Texas Tea Party
    Mike Robertson, President, Clear Lake Area Republicans
    Mike Slaton, Conservative Activist, SD2
    Nancy Dillard, President, Denton County Conservative Coalition
    Penny Story, Founder, Constitutional Conservative Activists
    Phillip Sevilla, Texas Leadership Institute for Public Advocacy; Bexar County
    GOP Precinct Chair
    Randy Rives, Conservative Activist, SD24
    Ray Myers, Chairman, Kaufman County Tea Party
    Rene Poe, Founder & Executive Committeewoman Hood County Tea Party
    Rebecca Forest, President, Women on the Wall
    Rick Briscoe, Open Carry Texas
    Rick Eisenbach, President, Grassroots America We the People PAC
    Robert J. Kecseg, President, Lake Country Republican Club, Wood County
    Ruth York, President, TEA Party Patriots of Eastland County
    Sheri Edwards, Brazoria County GOP Precinct Chair
    Stacy McMahan, Executive Director, East Texans for Liberty
    Suezette Griffin, President, Clear Lake TEA Party
    Susan Lucas, Recording Secretary, Denton County Conservative Coalition
    Suzanne Guggenheim, South TX TEA Party Patriots State Coordinator; Nueces
    County GOP Precinct Chair
    Sylvia Fasone, Bexar County GOP Precinct Chair; Communication Chair,
    Destiny of Our Nation
    Tammy Blair, Republican Party County Chair, Cherokee County
    Teresa Beckmeyer, Chairman, Mitchell County Republican Party
    Terri Hall, Founder/Director, Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF)
    Terry Wade, President, Collin County Conservative Republicans; Collin County
    GOP Precinct Chair
    Tillie Perkins, Red Texas Forum, East Dallas County, SD 8
    Vicki Slaton, State Republican Executive Committeewoman, SD 2
    Wes Brumit, Voices of Conservatism and Liberty PAC (VOCAL)
    Brian E. Newman, President, McKinney TEA Party

    * Organizations are listed for identification purposes only.


    This Coalition is a project of Grassroots America - We the People PAC.
    Political advertising is paid for by Grassroots America We the People PAC.

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