Some inside baseball on this session
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 10:57 am
Empower Texans is a partisan political organization that leans strongly to the conservative side. It is well funded and well connected within the political circles. Here's their perspective on this session's committee assignments and the outlook for conservative legislation.
I agree with them the large majority of the time and based on this analysis, I'm less optimistic than I was before reading it. For the record, I wasn't very optimistic to begin with.
https://empowertexans.com/under-the-dom ... he-losers/
Summary
I agree with them the large majority of the time and based on this analysis, I'm less optimistic than I was before reading it. For the record, I wasn't very optimistic to begin with.
https://empowertexans.com/under-the-dom ... he-losers/
Summary
Prospects are bad for the Republican Party’s top five legislative priorities.
Constitutional carry will be referred to a Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee with only one member who supports the legislation.
Attempts to end or even diminish abortion will likely fail in Public Health where a majority of lawmakers support abortion-on-demand.
Increased border security funding or even maintenance of current funding levels is likely to be opposed by a majority of the Appropriations Committee.
An Article V Convention of States has been placed in jeopardy though the appointment of members who oppose the effort to the Select Committee on State and Federal Power and Responsibility.
Any hope to abolish or curtail property taxes has been sharply curtailed, as Rep. Dennis Bonnen, who championed a proposal to make minor cuts to the state sales tax as an alternative last session retained the chairmanship of Ways and Means.