Careful what you wish for. We may not always be in the majority. I fear this with the simple majority vote for Supreme Court Justices now.SewTexas wrote:Flightmare wrote:I believe there is a republican caucus meeting this morning to discuss that. Unfortunately, I believe Straus has JUST enough republicans in his pocket to side with the democrats and retain his position. I hope I am wrong.RPBrown wrote:Well, Straus strikes again. Seems the governors property tax bill was one that got left hanging in the special session and Straus closed it out early. When are they going to get rid of him?
I saw some discussions about a "rule change" that would mean that just the majority party would vote for the speaker. That could actually mean that Strauss could be replaced. Not sure a rule change could happen though...
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- Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:16 pm
- Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
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- Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:10 pm
- Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
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That would be really not smart. It wouldn't be hard to spin that in a really bad light...SewTexas wrote:I learned today while watching the ethics committee that they can't raise $ while in Special session....Interesting. Also there's a rumor that Abbott is considering just stringing special Sessions together until the next election to keep them from raising money for their elections.
"Greg Abbot is wasting your tax dollars with useless special sessions!"
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 6:42 pm
- Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
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I'm all for property tax reform...