ICYMI
she fought against Campus Carry
http://www.texastribune.org/texas-dept- ... pus-carry/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, asked Wentworth how the amendment was germane to the fiscal matters bill, causing the Senate to recess for about 30 minutes. When they returned, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said Wentworth's amendment was only relevant because Zaffirini's amendment had made it so.
Davis offered an amendment to Wentworth's amendment that would allow the universities' boards of regents to opt in or out of concealed carry on campus. Wentworth was able to table her amendment with a 19-12 vote. Wentworth's amendment then prevailed with a 21-10 vote.
She made a special effort to fight campus carry
http://www.burntorangereport.com/tag/guns%20on%20campus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This should be interesting. Dr. Donna is viewed by many as being actually insane. Wentworth raised more than a few eyebrows last session with his relentless determination to pass his Guns in Campus Buildings bill, even trying to prevent Senator Wendy Davis from attending her own kid's high school graduation in Fort Worth, threatening to bring the bill up for a vote while she was away.
And, IIRC, her filibuster at the end of the session cost taxpayers roughly 5 million dollars.
http://www.texasobserver.org/contrarian ... y?start=14" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Updated: June 7, 2011, 1:45 p.m. This probably wasn't what Sen. Wendy Davis had in mind. It's been a week since the Fort Worth Democrat filibustered the controversial school finance compromise in the last week of the regular legislative session and forced a special session to deal with the budget cuts to education. In that week, the Senate has moved at lightening speed, passing not only the school finance plan that Davis and other Democrats found reprehensible, but also Senate Bill 8, which allows school districts to furlough teachers and cut their pay, as well as making it easier to…
