But maybe the reason neither chamber voted on a bill last session was because Strauss and others bottled them up in committee. But this session it appeared Strauss couldn't take the heat for killing it again, so he tried to get Patrick to carry his water. But it looks like the water got a bit hot once Patrick publicly said he was going to carry it for him.
We need to stay vigilant on this. If not, they'll use some parliamentary gimmicks to ensure it doesn't go to the floor for a vote. A lot of the fakes DON'T want a vote on this. They would have to go on record for their vote. And a vote against OC (which many would do if they thought there would be no consequences) would be used against them in the next primary season.
I think what has happened in Texas is that a LOT of Lib-Dims have run as GOP when in fact they are far, FAR left, they need to be flushed from the system...But maybe the reason neither chamber voted on a bill last session was because Strauss and others bottled them up in committee. But this session it appeared Strauss couldn't take the heat for killing it again, so he tried to get Patrick to carry his water. But it looks like the water got a bit hot once Patrick publicly said he was going to carry it for him.
We need to stay vigilant on this. If not, they'll use some parliamentary gimmicks to ensure it doesn't go to the floor for a vote. A lot of the fakes DON'T want a vote on this. They would have to go on record for their vote. And a vote against OC (which many would do if they thought there would be no consequences) would be used against them in the next primary season.
I think what has happened in Texas is that a LOT of Lib-Dims have run as GOP when in fact they are far, FAR left, they need to be flushed from the system...
But now, the GOP has an overwhelming majority in both houses and the governors mansion. The GOP has NO excuse for not bringing these bills to a vote. None.
I've tried to stay out of this pity party but you guys kill me with the grade-school mentality that one loud mouth "ruined it for the rest of us!" Every group has it's ass-hats and no intellectually honest person really believes they represent everyone in the larger group. Sssshhh, if we just talk nice to "Pancho" his whiny-Dem ass will be on our side! is delusional. If it wasn't Kory whatever his name is the gutless politicians would find (or fabricate) some other excuse or political trickery to cover their cowardly backsides. Get a grip guys, there will always be the radical attention seeking fringe, you give them power by acknowledging they have any influence and legitimize cowards like "Pancho" that grasp at minor drama to rationalize their fear. Stay the course, force our representatives to be accountable and boot the ones that don't do the job we elected them to do is about as good as it gets. If one or two idiots "killed our chances" I contend there wasn't really much chance to start with.