Texas Lobby Group Tops in Capitol Inside’s Lobbyist Rankings for 2013 The Texas Lobby Group has again topped Capitol Inside’s Top Hired Gun Lobbyist rankings. Mike Toomey and Bill Messer are ranked the No. 2 and No. 3 Hired Gun Lobbyists in the State and Lara Keel is the highest ranked female lobbyist in Texas…
Texas Lobby Group 83rd Legislative Session Report: Senate Term Draws After the House and Senate redraw their lines through the Redistricting process, the Texas State Senate “draws” to see who will get a four year term and who will get a 2 year term. Senators – obviously – hope for a four year “draw” so…
Texas Lobby Group Report: The Texas 83rd Legislative Session is Underway With 44 new House members and five new Senators, the new Session begins with a bunch of new faces! The composition of the Legislature is still strongly Republican and more Conservative. The House of Representatives has 95 Republicans and 55 Democrats. The Senate has…
Texas 83rd Legislative Session Shows Strong Conservative Leadership The following is a digest of a recent article by Mike Hailey of Capitol Inside. The Texas Lobby Group is posting this summary of the 83rd Texas legislative session as a public service for Texas lobbyists, Texas government officials and consultants, and other interested parties. Both the…