Business and social conservatives often differed in the Oklahoma House

Disagreements prevented Republicans from reaping all the benefits of having record numbers in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

BY MICHAEL MCNUTT | Published: May 22, 2011

photo - Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, cheers Friday with, from left, his daughter, Mackenzie, 8, his wife, Kellie, and daughter, Madison, 6, as legislators and their families sing “Oklahoma” in the House chamber at the end of the legislative session. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, cheers Friday with, from left, his daughter, Mackenzie, 8, his wife, Kellie, and daughter, Madison, 6, as legislators and their families sing “Oklahoma” in the House chamber at the end of the legislative session. Photo by Nate Billings, The Oklahoman

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p. George Faught, R-Muskogee, the panel’s vice chairman, authored House Bill 1446, which initially included portions of Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration law.

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