For our latest TribLive conversation, I sat down with the Speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus, to talk about budget cuts, possible sources of revenue, hot-button social issues and more. Four extended clips from the interview — about taxes, the abortion sonogram bill, campus carry and Barack Obama’s citizenship — are attached below. Full audio can be found here; full video can be found here.

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