Burnt Orange Report - Memo to Lege: Don't Miss These Votes!
Burnt Orange Report - Memo to Lege: Don't Miss These Votes!: "In this morning's Dallas Morning News, Rep. Jim Keffer (R-Eastland) talked about why the House didn't want to change anything with HB 3:
'We've got a one-vote margin in the House, and if you keep on messing with something, you're going to cause problems.'
Republicans know that the vote in the House is close, and any changes could swing the vote so that the bill would fail. However, that threat is only possible if all House members stay in town for the next few days. If members start assuming that no bill will come out and decide to leave, then a bill comes out and they miss the vote, there will certainly be hell to pay with constituents back home."
'We've got a one-vote margin in the House, and if you keep on messing with something, you're going to cause problems.'
Republicans know that the vote in the House is close, and any changes could swing the vote so that the bill would fail. However, that threat is only possible if all House members stay in town for the next few days. If members start assuming that no bill will come out and decide to leave, then a bill comes out and they miss the vote, there will certainly be hell to pay with constituents back home."
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