Note the editor: The above video is from the previous coverage of the Texas Senate, which reinforces the filibster.
Austin (Nexstar) – exactly a week ago, Texas House Democrats returned to the state After President Donald Trump ran away from voting at the ‘big, beautiful maps’ by President Donald Trump. Now, Republicans are trying to stop them from leaving in future.
During the second special session, three bills have been filed to punish the quorum-breaker or to prevent quorum brakes in the future; On Wednesday, a remedy was added to the special session agenda by Gov Greg Abbott.
- House Bill 18: Ban on funding money during quorum brakes
- Senate bill 48,House Bill 64: Empty the seat of a legalist with unclear absences of seven consecutive days
- House Joint Resolution 10: Amendment to the Texas Constitution to reduce Korm Threshold by a simple majority with a simple majority
As Texon News Reporter Brad JohnsonTexas House Republican agreed to support each of the bills, as well as with a change in the house rule to increase the punishment for future quorum brakes.
Those rules are involved in changes:
- Permission to lose seniority to remove chairmanship/vice-chairmanship and breaking quorum
- $ 500/day of fine to break the quorum dramatically
- Preventing a supporter of your office budget for absent each day
- Automatically play the role of a chair/vice -president for missing for two consecutive days
However, they were reduced by the two-thirds of the votes required to support a sensor of the Democrats that escaped from the state.
“Tenus Republican Cocks Ekta that is developing since breaking Dames, and this is the speaker’s fault [Dustin] Baroz, “State Rape Andy Hopper, R-Dictur, Written on x. “Only 44 Republican members were ready to punish Dams Dames after killing votes against it. Very disappointing.”
State Representative Nate Shutzline, R-Fort Worth, “State rape,” state rape, “state rape,” state rape, “State rape, R-Fort Worth,” was chosen to achieve the back of the distant Left Democrats, “I am incredibly disappointed in unilateral Republican. wrote.
The fight on what to do with quorum breakers comes after revealing the fine earned by the quorum breakers last week.
State rape. Venton Jones, D-Dalas, shared a letter to his office with the committee on House Administration Charging her $ 9,354.25 for quorum brakeThe fees included a fine of $ 7,000 – House Rules Fine Members went for $ 500 a day for a quorum brake – as well as $ 2,354.25 fine along with fines – to bring back the Democrats back to Oustin to cover the expenses of Public Safety Department of Texas. The letter stated that $ 124,943.25 was spent on the later objective.
According to Texas House Democrats, most of the members who broke the quorum fined “the same amount or very, very similar”.
Shocked to ban funding during a special session
On Friday, Texas Senate stopped a final-khai measure State Sen Carol Alvarado, by D-Houston, to stall “large, beautiful maps”, even further through a philibuster. Around 12:30 pm on Saturday, State Sen Charles Perry, R. Lubock, accused Alvarado of using his seat to raise money, called it immoral and potentially illegal. Currently, MPs are prevented from increasing the campaign funds during a regular session, but funds are allowed to raise money during any special session.
Alvarado said, “I felt it was a lame excuse, and I thought it was just, you know, trying to close a philibuster, something that is something that is a Senate tradition until I know,” Alvardo said. “He did not say whether the rules were broken, whether the law was broken, because there was no one, and I think it was still a way again, the voice of silence.”
On social mediaState Sen Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, then called to ban the special session funding.
“I think the entire pulmonary on the fundamental filibster brought it to the surface. Because what happens if a person sends an email that says, ‘I am going to Philibster, and you need to see, and you need to see, and not only do you need to see, you need to donate for me,” said the sons. “And this is something that Senate had never seen before.”
Lieutenant village. Dan Patrick said that a particular session could obstruct quorum brakes in future.
,[Bettencourt’s proposal] Quorum reduces brakes greatly because outsiders will not be able to fund costs to travel outside Texas, ” Patrick wrote“This will cut the number of special sessions and their lengths. Members want to complete their work quickly and effectively, so they can return home to their families and regular jobs. The most important result is that this bill will hire MLAs and save the taxpayer’s money.”
Alvarado said that it supports the attempt of Betencourt and Patrick to ban the funding of a particular session.
“Sign up me, I will be the first person for the joint writer,” said Alvarado.
“I know that I have at least one bipartisan vote,” Alvarado said after posting his support on social media. “There is a lot to make sure.”
The Bettencourt said that their money raising ban will also reach the Governor’s office – because the Governor is the only one who has the power to call special sessions.
“I think we will receive a clear special session,” said Betencourt. “We have nine special sessions in four years … everything starts converting to mini-leagational sessions, designed for special sessions-you can fix specific problems and fix them and get out of (Austin) as soon as you can.”
A few hours after a ban on social media banned for the special session of Patrick and Bettencourt, Abbott added two items to the second special session.
