JRH6856
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Not just Ellis. Several Democrat Senators have threatened to filibuster. Ellis may have been the first, but Jose Rodreguez is the latest.
Are there enough Democrats in the senate to block cloture?
Cannot filibuster in senate unless senate president allows it. Dewshurst did. I dont think Patrick will.Interesting. supposing the Democrat runs out of wind (never happen) or has to go to the bathroom, can a supporter of the bill then be recognized and talk out the clock??
Not sure if whoever talks would have to delay until end of session or end of normal business (one day earlier) but either way, we are talking at least 24 hours or so if the Senate gets to it today (as the House plans). Davis was in a lot better shape than Rodriguez or Ellis and only made it 13 hours.
Rules can be suspended, enforced or ignored.Just checked and the deadline to adopt conference committee reports is 11:59pm May 31st.
On the Texas procedural rules aspect, I have a difficult time keeping up with that myself. I am going under a rough sense of reasoning instead. If the rules you listed above could cut off a filibuster, then no filibusters would ever happen because they would be too easy to kill - but filibusters have happened and recently - and the last attempt was not cut off using either of those rules. So while I can't make a legal argument for why those rules don't apply, it looks like they don't.
Looks like were gunna need a buzzer beater. Itll feel that much better if it goes up thoughLooking at the Senate agenda, HB 910 is not on the agenda for today. Looking at the legislative calendar I expect the Senate to take it up on Sunday.
910 is eligible for consideration in the House at 7:40pm today unless they suspend the rules and take it up sooner which would only likely happen if they clear everything in front of it.
Thanks for the update.Looking at the Senate agenda, HB 910 is not on the agenda for today. Looking at the legislative calendar I expect the Senate to take it up on Sunday.
910 is eligible for consideration in the House at 7:40pm today unless they suspend the rules and take it up sooner which would only likely happen if they clear everything in front of it.
Nice. Too funny though. I figured they would vote this weekend so I didnt go to the capitol tonight! I guess I can catch it online.Senate and House both just voted to adopt the conference committee report. HB910 is on the way to the Governor's desk and he has said he will sign it.
Personally, I didn't think I would ever use open carry but I may have to get a nice BBQ rig just to go visit Acevedo after all this.
Not exactly.So, the only reason that the bill went back to the House after the Senate approved it with the no stop ame ndment was due to minor language differences in the no stop amendment? And that gave House members a chance to change their votes. Otherwise it would have gone directly to the Gov for Sig?