Did you see this paragraph?? I don’t know what’s the deal with this two-thirds rule but no democrats should have committee chairs in a body controlled by republicans.
“If he wins next week’s lieutenant governor runoff, Dan Patrick has talked about ending the senate’s two-thirds rule and stripping all committee chairmanships from Democrats, which would turn the chamber, effectively, into his own private club. As if that weren’t enough, the bottom third of Jones’ chart—the small group of plugged-in, moderate Republicans—is fading away. In 2011, Texas Monthly wrote that “legislatures can’t function without members like Robert Duncan.” It looks like we’ll soon find out if that’s true.”
Dewhurst requires the dems and his liberal republicans to run the legislature.
Lt. Governor is the most powerful elected office in the State of Texas. We need someone besides Dewhurst there.
/johnny