Dewhurst walked on the floor and killed a bill the Tea Party was trying to push through...I’m too tired to remember which one it was right now. But he killed it deader ‘n a doornail right before our eyes. The anti-Groping bill, I think. Texas needs to be a bold leader kicking the feds out of our state. Dewhurst cratered in the face of one letter from the TSA.
Yes, Dewhurst and Straus both have been quite RINO-ish as lege leaders, on TSA, on immigration, on standing up to the teachers’ unions, etc.
Dewhurst is not a bad person, but he’ll fit right in with the RINO go along club and wimp out on us. Cruz otoh ha conservative principles, can actually articulate them, and will have a lot of spine. He’s much better.
You must have some sort of resource for that accusation.
The TSA Bill was vetted and new language was written by Attorney General Greg Abbott. Abbott, a true Constitutional scholar, said the first language of the Bill was unconstitutional. The Lt. Governor joined Senator Dan Patrick in petitioning the Governor to ad the new Bill to the agenda of the Special Session. The Bill passed the Senate, but the House voted it down.
In the regular session, Dewhurst convinced 3 Dems to vote in favor of the Sonogram Bill, Zaffirini, Uresti, and Lucio. I couldn’t convince Jeff Wentworth, even taking 20 people to his office one day.http://www.journals.senate.state.tx.us/sjrnl/82r/pdf/82RSJ02-17-F1.PDF#page=2
Dont forget that this legislature strengthened property rights against eminent domain, passed voter ID, prohibited funding of PP and drivers licenses for illegals, as well as passed “looser pays” tort reform and gave the State the right to deport illegal aliens convicted of a crime after they’d served their time.