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Gothmog

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8. My daughter knows the Texas Senate rules

Reply to Ilsa (Original post)

Wed Jun 26, 2013, 09:19 PM

Jun 2013

My middle child is a law student. When she was in high school, she was elected as the Lt. governor of the State of Texas for The Junior Statesmen of American. JSA uses the same rules as the Texas Senate my daughter watch the filibuster on the Texas Tribune YouTube feed on her ipad and had the senate rules up on her computer. There were a number of rules ignored or violated. Kirk Watson is a classmate in law school and did good job of pointing violations of the Senate rules. My daughter was very upset at these violations of the rules

The next round will be fun to watch

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Texas Lege: how can we make them abide by the rules? [View all] Ilsa Jun 2013 OP

Kick them out. elleng Jun 2013 #1

I'd say that the gallery needs to be packed again. Skidmore Jun 2013 #2

I suspect there will be a new "rule" about letting the peasants into the gallery. n/t winter is coming Jun 2013 #4

I'm concerned that you are correct on this. Ilsa Jun 2013 #9

I expect that citizens will be banned entirely. n/t winter is coming Jun 2013 #14

We can all move to Texas en masse Mariana Jun 2013 #3

actually one of the biggest migrations in human history is already happening here arely staircase Jun 2013 #6

Not just migrations, but births. Ilsa Jun 2013 #10

demography is destiny arely staircase Jun 2013 #12

It does sometimes seem like things are getting worse Mariana Jun 2013 #11

oh, they will get more reactionary as they fade from power arely staircase Jun 2013 #13

call this person arely staircase Jun 2013 #5

vote the repubican bastards out. Salviati Jun 2013 #7

My daughter knows the Texas Senate rules Gothmog Jun 2013 #8

Your daughter made the fundamental mistake of thinking Republicans obey "rules". Um, no, they HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #18

Vote and keep voting NoPasaran Jun 2013 #15

Vote them out. Organize and vote them out. What is so complicated about that? nt bluestate10 Jun 2013 #16

VRA appeal, questions about Ilsa Jun 2013 #17