The Brief: Top Texas News for May 4, 2011
The Big Conversation:
Amid a flurry of activity in the Legislature on Tuesday, the Senate quietly eyed a procedural oddity it may use today to pass the state budget.
After failing again on Tuesday to corral the 21 votes needed under the Senate's two-thirds rule, Sen. Steve Ogden, the Bryan Republican who chairs the chamber's Finance Committee, indicated that he may break Senate tradition by pursuing a loophole of sorts in the upper chamber's rules.
As the Tribune's Ross Ramsey explains, Senate rules specify that on Wednesdays and Thursdays, only a simple majority — or, currently, 15 ...
Comments (5)
Jesper Marklund via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yeah yeah, rule of law, order, democracy.... what do the people of the State of Texas know anyway.
Scott Chase via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I hope the voters fire the House members who are pushing for this horrible budget.
Rob D'Amico via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I expect you to have some moral integrity. But hey, I don't want to pressure you, since I'm not a member of the club.
Bruce J. Martin via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Is there another rule that says if the Boys wear boxers they get two votes? Oddity is understatement -- this Wednesday-Thursday rule is one that needs to be expunged.
raffaele cafagna
OUR LAGISLATORS ARE A BUNCH OF RETARDED IDIOTS : THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU, TEXAS, ME ; ALL THEY CARE IS THEIR POCKETS THEIR INTERESTS A FAT PAYCHECK FROM OUR TAXES AND ALL THE BENEFITS; E-VERIFY IS BEEN SITTING THERE, NO MOVE; HB 911 NO FOREIGN LAW ( SHARIA ) IN TEXAS IS SITTING THERE NO ACTION ; I WONDER WHY IS THAT???
WHAT ARE THESE BUNCH OF LAZY IDIOTS DOING TO TEXAS?? WAKE UP TEXAS, TIME IS HERE TO KICK ALL THIS IDIOTS COMMUNISTS OUT IN THE STREETS WITH NO BENEFITS AND HEALTH CARE AND FAT RETIREMENTS.