I dont have to be an authority on birds to know what just dropped on my shoulder.Papa_Tiger wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 6:40 pmBefore you start making authoritative statements, you should see what is in the final bill. There may still be things in it that you would have considered a "poison pill" but are part of the compromises made when crafting law.03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 5:53 pmPatrick just had to throw in his crappola about how innocent they were of accusations of poison pills. Politicians make me sick to my stomach. What actually happened is they got inundated by those of us calling and emailing explaining that our vote for them depended on this passing and they decided that poison pill was a bad idea after all. Had Texans not responded in force, that bill would be dead. JMHOELB wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 5:18 pm Lt Gov Patrick's announcement:
https://www.ltgov.texas.gov/2021/05/21/ ... agreement/
ETA: There is lots of evidence that this was worked on very hard by many members in both chambers INCLUDING the Lieutenant Governor.
1) It proceeded through the house rapidly
2) When it got to the Senate, a SPECIAL COMMITTEE, just for this bill was set up and staffed with many pro-2A Senators by Lt. Gov. Patrick.
3) The committee met quickly and voted out the House version of the bill without modifications.
4) The Senate acted quickly once it left the committee and allowed/voted on minimal amendments that helped to secure the votes of the Senators required to pass it including Senator Nelson.
5) While the House didn't concur with the amendments added in the Senate, both chambers acted quickly to appoint overall favorable members to the conference committees with LOTS of time to spare in the session.
6) Agreement between chambers was reached with 9 days left in the session. That is faster than both Open and Campus Carry in 2015.
All of the doom and gloom poison pill prognosticators need to watch a few legislative sessions before they start proclaiming themselves experts on the political process in Texas.
You cant blast us for our skepticism and you too are assuming, as we all are, how this will play out. In politics there is no honesty and never will. Experience dictates that we must always distrust the political industry. I believe what I see, not what I hear.
You and I are on the same team and I hope you are 100% correct.
I also mentioned that I was apprehensive as to what I perceived to be his lack of enthusiasm in supporting HB1927.