Reason #1 Joe Straus should no longer be Speaker of the Texas House: “...with 55 Democrats, Straus only needs 21 out of the 95 Republicans to side with him. In order to keep Democrat support, he has appointed many of them to chair and vice chair committees. Here is a list of Democrat committee chairs: Rep. Tracy King, Agriculture & Livestock; Rep. Sylvester Turner, Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & IV; Rep. Rene Oliveira, Business & Industry; Rep. Garnet Coleman, County Affairs; Rep. Abel Herrero, Criminal Jurisprudence; Rep. Ryan Guillen; Culture, Recreation, & Tourism; Rep. Jose Menendez, Defense & Veterans; Rep. Jim Pickett, Homeland Security & Public Safety; Rep. Richard Raymond, Human Services; Rep. Rafael Anchia, International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs; Rep. Mike Villarreal, Investment & Financial Services; Rep. Joe Deshotel, Land & Resource Management; Rep. Senfronia Thompson, Local & Consent Calendars; Rep. Ruth McClendon, Rules & Regulations; Rep. Carol Alvarado, Transparency in State Agency Operations; Rep. Harold Dutton, Urban Affairs. Source: hardhatters/2013/10/texas-democrats-surprisingly-successful-austin/
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:15:44 +0000