Texas Governor Rick Perry has held the Texas Legislature in place by calling for a Special Session to deal with a school finance plan blocked by Democrats in the regular session. The session will also deal with Medicaid cost savings.
The Special Session can last up to 30 days and can only deal with issues brought forward by the Governor. Certain rules, like the Senate "Blocker Bill" rule, are also not in effect, making it more difficult for Democrats to block Conservative legislation.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has asked the Governor to add several more issues including the HB 1937 TSA Anti-Groping bill, which Democrats also blocked in the waning days of the regular session.
Contact Gov. Perry today and ask him to add HB1937 to the Special Session!
Unfortunately, despite the very hard work and determination of the majority of Members of both the House and Senate, the Legislature was unable to pass a number of important bills, including SB 1811 needed to fund the budget, before the deadline of midnight last night.
HB 900/SB 308 – Relating to the composition of the congressional districts for the State of Texas.
As you know, certain Senate procedures – such as the two-thirds tradition – exist to bring Democrats and Republicans together, encouraging Members to work in good faith in order to achieve positive outcomes for the people of Texas. Given that a small number of Senate Democrats have demonstrated their unwillingness to find consensus on these important legislative items, I can see no other alternative than to operate under a simple majority vote in the Special Session.
I look forward to working with you and Speaker Straus to finish the important business Texans elected us to accomplish.
Contact Governor Perry and ask him to add any of the bills above that you support.
every time someone trys to stand up for their rights, the fed. govt comes up with some sort of threat! GREAT STATE OF TEXAS!!!! iT'S TIME SOMEBODY CALLS THE FEDS. BLUFF! Every state in the union would suffer economically if flts. were stopped in texas! I doubt that Obama could tolerate an economic setback of such proportions during his bid for re-election. somebody pls. acquire some balls and put the fed. in his place!