TexCHLFan wrote:SewTexas wrote:several of you seem to be blaming the Republicans as a party....I'm sorry, but I'm blaming one man, and one man only, Strauss. He's why most of these bills aren't coming up for a vote.
Last time I checked, Joe Strauss did not vote himself into the Speaker position. The REPUBILICAN majority did so. The Speaker of the Texas House is one of the most powerful, if not THE most powerful positions in state government. The House Republicans put him there ...... AGAIN. They knew his record. They knew he had held fundraisers for Democrats. They knew he blocked conservative legislation, whether firearm friendly or otherwise good bills. His record was quite clear on how he ran his office. Yet the Republican house members voted him into the Speakership. Now - - tell me why we should only blame Strauss.
In the moment of truth, none of them voted against him being Speaker of the House again this year.