There must be a whole lot of unseen "benefits" in local Texas politics.
The lt gov in PA gets to go to all of the funerals from November through April and then goes to all the cold chicken dinners in the May thru October time frame.
The lt gov is not allowed to speak in public unless reading from a script.
All of the graft, by law, must go to the gov and not a dime to the lt gov.
Lt. Gov in Texas is very powerful. He is president of the Texas Senate and appoints all committee heads and determines which committee gets each bill. And he decides which bills get voted on.
Lt Gov is more powerful than the Governor in real respects
In TX, Lt. Gov is more powerful than the governor from a legislative perspective. That's why I want this coward gone!
The Texas Constitution names the Lieutenant Governor the Constitutional President of the Senate, but the Constitution also gives the Senate the authority to write its own rules. That's where the Lieutenant Governor derives most of his power.These rules, adopted by a majority of Senators at the beginning of each Legislative Session, set down in great detail how business is conducted in the Senate.
Senate rules give the current Lieutenant Governor a great deal of influence in shaping state policy and influencing laws that may eventually be passed by the Senate.
The rules allow the present Lieutenant Governor to decide all parliamentary questions and use his discretion in following Senate procedural rules. He can set up standing and special committees and appoint committee chairpersons and individual members.
The order in which bills are considered is also set by the Lieutenant Governor under Senate rules.
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I don't know why but Lt. Governor gets the first plum; the actual governor gets the second plum.
Lt. Governor has more power than Governor; at least in Texas.
I don't know why.....