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Related: About this forum"I want to see if he has his big boy pants on": House Democrat challenges Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick over
"I want to see if he has his big boy pants on": House Democrat challenges Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick over legislative staff fundingby James Barragán, Texas Tribune
Another partisan stalemate has broken out in the final days of the second special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott, again imperiling the jobs of 2,100 legislative staffers along with two key conservative priority bills.
On Monday night, Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, abruptly adjourned the House Public Education Committee, which he chairs, without voting on two bills prioritized by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the leader of the Senate: a bill that would limit how educators can teach social studies and talk about race at Texas public schools, referred to as the "critical race theory bill," and another that would require transgender students to participate in sports based on the gender listed on their birth certificate instead of their gender identity.
"We have gotten to the point now where the Senate has adopted certain principles and practices that I dont think bode well for this Legislature. I think that whats happened is we have allowed them to do certain things and they disrespect the House in certain fashions," Dutton said. "It has gotten worse to the point where today, what I am told, is that if we dont pass these two bills the [critical race theory] bill and the transgender bill the Senate is not going to consider trying to fix the funding in Article X. So, I want to see if he has his big boy pants on. This meeting is adjourned."
Article X refers to the section of the state budget that covers funding for the state Legislature and other independent agencies that support its work. Abbott vetoed legislative funding in June in retaliation for the defeat of his priority election and bail reform bills when Democrats first walked out of the House in May during the final days of the regular legislative session.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/31/texas-dan-patrick-harold-dutton-article-x/
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"I want to see if he has his big boy pants on": House Democrat challenges Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick over (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Aug 2021
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Paladin
(28,252 posts)1. Dan Patrick wouldn't recognize "big boy pants" if they bit his flabby ass. (nt)
Firestorm49
(4,032 posts)2. No offence to fellow DUers in TX, but wow, what a mess
in Texas. Oh no, wait a minute, I live in WI. Weve got Ron MF Johnson and a ridiculously gerrymandered state.
I retract but dont disavow my first comment. WTF will stop the insanity all brought on by TFG? How will it end? In a fascist state?
I doubt many of the deplorables can even conjure up what fascism entails.
LeftInTX
(25,231 posts)3. Well, Dutton did a 180....
I guess he's no longer their new BFF???
Context: In May, Democratic Rep Dutton got revenge when Democrats blocked a bill that would allow TEA to take control of Houston ISD, so he advanced bills that would restrict transgender students and ban critical race theory....He's not a nice guy....
He's mad at someone.....