Branch adds to his budget creds

5:09 PM Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Posted by Karen Brooks

Rep. Dan Branch, R-Dallas, picked up another feather in his cap this week when House Speaker Tom Craddick appointed him to the Legislative Budget Board - a group of 10 influential lawmakers (including Lt. Gov. Dewhurst and Craddick) who track the state budget, oversees the fiscal notes on legislation and other budget-related things.

The LBB is a permanent joint committee, and Branch takes the spot vacated by retiring Richrdson Republican Rep. Fred Hill.

He's already got a couple of sweet assignments - member of the House Public Ed committee, House Appropriations, and House Calendars - and chair of the House Select Committee on Higher and Public Education Finance.