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Ultimately, Harris lost out in his bid to restrain the 2018 state budget and keep tax increases at a minimum. Republican House Speaker [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia, who earlier had joined Harris and House Appropriations Committee chairman John Cameron Henry in holding the line on tax increases, suddenly reversed himself and joined with the Edwards administration to approve keeping .45 percent of a temporary one-cent state sales tax.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', June 26, 2018.</ref>
Ultimately, Harris lost out in his bid to restrain the 2018 state budget and keep tax increases at a minimum. Republican House Speaker [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia, who earlier had joined Harris and House Appropriations Committee chairman John Cameron Henry in holding the line on tax increases, suddenly reversed himself and joined with the Edwards administration to approve keeping .45 percent of a temporary one-cent state sales tax.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', June 26, 2018.</ref>
Harris was a candidate to succeed Barras as House Speaker. However, he withdrew in a Republican caucus meeting held on December 13, 2019, and the members, at least the required fifty-three, tapped [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish, who begins his third and final term in the House as the new Speaker. Mack is expected to be installed as Speaker when the House re-convenes on January 13, 2020.<ref>''The Moon Griffon Show,'' December 16, 2019.</ref>
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