TEXAS REDISTRICTING--Vote TONIGHT!

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[Capitalism2003]

Can this be one of those cool *LIVE THREAD* posts? ;)

Check the live video today...Texas 'runaway' dems are complaining..crying..whining about this. The Texas GOP got the guts to force a vote TONIGHT...with police guarding the building, preventing the coward demos from fleeing again. The redistricting hearing is finally continuing, and it looks like we may pick up 3-4 new seats in the house if it passes. They could only obstruct for so long...Now it's time to push it through. Follow the link below to watch live.

http://www.house.state.tx.us/media/welcome.php

[Capitalism2003]

I hope the Senate takes this up and gets it passed tomorrow.

[Humidston]

Ok, so it has passed. GOOD! Now on to the Senate and I wish the Pubbies would offer a resolution that the state..

INVOICE THE RATS FOR THE TIME AND MONEY LOST WHILE THEY WERE HIDING AND EATING PIZZA IN OKLAHOMA.

[deport]

House adjourned until tomorrow....... night all

[Humidston]

Nite, and thanks for keeping us updated.

[deport]

Well I'm lost now....... 3rd reading of House bill 3..... They adjourned a few minutes ago Yesterday.... reconvened today just a minute ago for 3rd and final reading..... voting now..... on final passage.... apparently each reading must be on different days so the sway of days came at midnight....

Gosh we'll get it right maybe..... lol.

FINAL VOTE:

83 - 62- 2 not voting.... {or something close to that} but it passed on 3rd reading......


Now onto other items......

[BOBWADE]

ping

[deport]

July 8, 2003, 12:04AM

Texas House preliminarily adopts new redistricting map

By R.G. RATCLIFFE
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau

AUSTIN -- The Texas House tentatively approved a map that redraws the state's congressioanl districts in favor of Republicans by a vote of 84-61 after more than nine hours of debate late Monday evening.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1983867

[Humidston]

(Ratliff is a putz, imho.)

[jf55510]

Senate...... 19 to 12..... but need 21 votes to bring it to the floor for action..... thus two dems if all the pubs hold in line

Not true. The 2/3rds needed is not a rule just tradition, and thus can be suspended. So Dewhurst can really tell the Dems to shut the hell we are bringing redistricting to the floor, as long as he has 16 votes.

[DPB101]

So...will it pass the Senate? Does anyone know?

[Humidston]

I don't know about anyone else, but I refuse to count the chickens till my eggs hatch! I wouldn't put anything past the Rats - especially after this vote tonight.

[DPB101]

When I read armed guards were stationed at the doors, I hoped the rats would make a break for it.

What was the rat point in leaving the state the last time there was a vote if they were not going to do that again? Did they get suckered into being in the House and then could not get out? Or did they give up?

[Concerned]

DPB101 WROTE: "What was the rat point in leaving the state the last time there was a vote if they were not going to do that again? Did they get suckered into being in the House and then could not get out? Or did they give up?"

Maybe they were "trapped like RATS!" Oh, wait...They ARE RATS!!!!!!! I guess they were just "trapped RATS."

[DPB101]

Wonder if Rats are having second thoughts about claiming Bush ran subliminal ads in 2000 calling them Rats. Didn't the Rat party once have another name and mascot? Dem something or other...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Excellent news, thanks for the posting !

MSNBC says the Washington Post in tomorrows edition will say the California Recall of Gray Davis is almost certain!

YaHOOOO!

Democrats getting whipped on big time!!!!!!

[MeekOneGOP]

Excellent !!!

I had to move my TV from FOX News Channel to local channel 5 at 6 p.m. last night to see what the heck was going on regarding redistricting. They said that they were expecting a vote tonight, and that it was expected to pass.

Now on to the Senate - for the REAL fight ! Don't you know there has been SOME kinda deal-makin' going on there the last week ?? I hope it passes there - crosses fingers, toes . . . eyes ! hehe!

[MeekOneGOP]

And thanks for the post and ping !! Good news to wake up to.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Just guessing but I think the Dems claims of massive support for their running away the last time was total malarkey. They decided to quit while they were behind, let the vote go through, and later drag the whole thing to a liberal court.

[DPB101]

An excellent guess. Think I was suckered by the national media reports about the great support Democrats got when they fled the state. It didn't make any sense to me at all when reading it. It was a lie, wasn't it?

[SwinneySwitch]

It was a lie in Texas! - and thats were the demonrats have to get re-elected! They lost a lot of votes for that OK stampede!