Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, took the floor about 10:45 Sunday night and
talked past the midnight deadline so Senate Bill 1811 would die.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/31/us-texas-budget-idUSTRE74T3YS20110531
Texas lawmakers to return for special session
Mon May 30, 2011 9:31pm EDT
(Reuters) - Texas lawmakers will head into a special legislative session on Tuesday after they failed to come to an agreement on legislation linked to the state budget, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst said on Monday.
“Unfortunately, despite the very hard work and determination of the majority of members of both the House and the Senate, the legislature was unable to pass a number of important bills,” Dewhurst wrote to Governor Rick Perry, a fellow Republican, in a letter issued late on Monday.
Monday was supposed to be the final day of the state’s biennial legislative session, which began in January. But late on Sunday, Senator Wendy Davis filibustered because she and other Democrats object to billions of dollars in cuts that the Republican-led legislature plans to make for Texas schools.
“She raised a hurdle. That’s her call,” Perry told reporters on Monday morning. “I’m sure members of the legislature that will be back here in special session will have appropriate things to say to her. We come here to work. We don’t come here to be show horses.”
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Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, took the floor about 10:45 Sunday night and
talked past the midnight deadline so Senate Bill 1811 would die.
“Texas lawmakers will head into a special legislative session on Tuesday after they failed to come to an agreement on legislation linked to the state budget, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst said on Monday.”
Not a fan of Perry; he has more waffles than IHOP, but Dewhurst is a REAL jackleg, totally not to be trusted.