Moderators: carlson1, Keith B, Charles L. Cotton
Based on my "education" from family members who were legislators in years past, you can rest assured that there were donations to campaign funds made by an "oyster lobbyist" to get an actual bill to the floor so they could now have an "Oyster Day" to promote their businesses. Everything is for sale in the legislatureRogueUSMC wrote:They DID pass legislation the other day creating 'Oyster Day' in Texas...who says they don't get anything done?
Okay, I never actually expected to see it from a state legislator, much less the President...Odiferous wrote:I've often said I wish they'd just vote for any bills that remove more text from statute than they add. You want your new law passed? Fine, but you have to go find something else that needs cleaning up.
Oversimplification, I know, but still...
In the Texas House as with other legislative bodies, lawmakers are assigned to committees where the majority of work on legislation actually gets done. Until that happens, the wheels grind to a halt with lawmakers being able to do little more than come up with ideas and wait.
So why hasn’t House Speaker Joe Straus (R–San Antonio) released his committee assignments?
Well, as State Rep. Celia Israel (D–Austin) said in November, they’re in “Operation Slowdown.”
Ever since conservatives took over the Texas Senate in 2014, the Texas House has deliberately and strategically dragged their feet in order to prevent conservative reforms from passing. While the Senate fast-tracks conservative legislation, the House stalls them in order to dilute or kill the bills.