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This might have already been posted but......Here are the names of the 51 Democrats (yes, the ones who skipped out on their duly elected jobs to serve their communities) who left the state to avoid special session
Remember them. Get rid of them:

Alma Allen (Houston)
Rafael Anchia (Dallas) – Chairman: Pensions, Investments, & Financial Services Committee
Michelle Beckley (Carrollton)
Diego Bernal (San Antonio) – Vice Chairman: Public Education Committee
Rhetta Bowers (Rowlett)
John Bucy III (Cedar Park)
Liz Campos (San Antonio)
Terry Canales (Edinburg) – Chairman: Transportation Committee
Sheryl Cole (Austin)
Garnet Coleman (Houston) – Chairman: County Affairs Committee
Nicole Collier (Ft. Worth) – Chairman: Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Philip Cortez (San Antonio) – Chairman: Urban Affairs Committee
Jasmine Crockett (Dallas)
Yvonne Davis (Dallas) – Vice Chairman: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
Joe Deshotel (Beaumont) – Chairman: Land & Resource Management Committee
Alex Dominguez (Brownsville)
Harold Dutton Jr. (Houston) – Chairman: Public Education Committee
Art Fierro (El Paso)
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (San Antonio) – Vice Chairman: Culture, Recreation, & Tourism Committee
Jessica Gonzalez (Dallas) – Vice Chairman: Elections Committee
Mary Gonzalez (El Paso) – Vice Chairman: Appropriations Committee
Vicki Goodwin (Austin)
Bobby Guerra (Mission)
Ana Hernandez (Houston) – Vice Chairman: State Affairs Committee
Gina Hinojosa (Austin) – Vice Chairman: Human Services Committee
Donna Howard (Austin)
Celia Israel (Austin)
Ann Johnson (Houston)
Jarvis Johnson (Houston)
Julie Johnson (Carrollton)
Oscar Longoria (Mission)
Ray Lopez (San Antonio)
Eddie Lucio III (Brownsville)
Armando Martinez (Weslaco)
Trey Martinez-Fischer (San Antonio)
Terry Meza (Irving)
Ina Minjarez (San Antonio)
Joe Moody (El Paso) – Speaker Pro Tempore; Vice Chairman: Calendars Committee
Christina Morales (Houston)
Penny Morales-Shaw (Houston)
Sergio Munoz Jr. (Mission)
Victoria Neave (Dallas) – Chairman: Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee; Vice Chairman: General Investigating Committee
Claudia Ordaz Perez (El Paso)
Lina Ortega (El Paso)
Leo Pacheco (San Antonio) – Vice Chairman: Higher Education Committee
Mary Ann Perez (Houston)
Ana-Maria Ramos (Richardson)
Richard Pena Raymond (Laredo) – Chairman: Defense & Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Ron Reynolds (Missouri City)
Eddie Rodriguez (Austin)
Ramon Romero Jr. (Ft. Worth)
Toni Rose (Dallas) – Vice Chairman: Redistricting Committee
Jon Rosenthal (Houston)
Carl Sherman Sr. (DeSoto)
James Talarico (Round Rock)
Shawn Thierry (Houston) – Vice Chairman: Ways & Means Committee
Senfronia Thompson (Houston) – Chairman: Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee; Vice Chairman: S/C on Constitutional Rights & Remedies
Chris Turner (Grand Prairie) – Chairman: Business & Industry Committee; Chairman: House Democrat Caucus
Hubert Vo (Houston) – Vice Chairman: Insurance Committee
Armando Walle (Houston)
Gene Wu (Houston)
Erin Zwiener (Driftwood)

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BRIBERY AND ACCEPTANCE OF BRIBES- Texas State Constitution, Article 16, Section 41

Texas State Constitution
Art 16 - Sec 41
Article 16 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 41 - BRIBERY AND ACCEPTANCE OF BRIBES
Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, offer, give, or promise, any money or thing of value, testimonial, privilege or personal advantage, to any executive or judicial officer or member of the Legislature to influence him in the performance of any of his public or official duties, shall be guilty of bribery, and be punished in such manner as shall be provided by law. And any member of the Legislature or executive or judicial officer who shall solicit, demand or receive, or consent to receive, directly or indirectly, for himself, or for another, from any company, corporation or person, any money, appointment, employment, testimonial, reward, thing of value or employment, or of personal advantage or promise thereof, for his vote or official influence, or for withholding the same, or with any understanding, expressed or implied, that his vote or official action shall be in any way influenced thereby, or who shall solicit, demand and receive any such money or other advantage matter or thing aforesaid for another, as the consideration of his vote or official influence, in consideration of the payment or promise of such money, advantage, matter or thing to another, +++”shall be held guilty of bribery”+++, within the meaning of the Constitution, and shall incur the disabilities provided for said offenses, with a +++”forfeiture of the office they may hold”+++, and such other additional punishment as is or shall be provided by law. [emphasis added]