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Inside the Texas Capitol: It has been a busy week
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Thursday, May 10, 2007. It has been a busy week. Too busy, in fact, for me to write anything. Hopefully I'll recoup over the weekend. Here's some links:. Grits on Needle Exchange bill. Which is coming up Monday in the House Pub Health Committee. Chair Delisi once vowed to never let it out of committee, but her willingness to give it a hearing shows it's still alive. Rep Paul Moreno retires.
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Inside the Texas Capitol: Proof of Citizenship...compromise?
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Monday, April 30, 2007. Proof of Citizenship.compromise? Today, the impeccable Phil King offered up a substitute for the Proof of Citizenship bill, HB 626. Reported on it this morning, and Kuff. Posted by imasuit @ 6:16 PM. A supporter of policy, an opponent of politics. View my complete profile. Now the Tom Delay bill is up. Voter ID bills coming to the floor. Updates on HB 855. In the Pink Texas.
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Inside the Texas Capitol: 03/06/2005 - 03/13/2005
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Friday, March 11, 2005. This bill, filed by Tony Goolsby, would employ peace officers to aid local law enforcement officers in patrolling neighborhoods. OK, sounds reasonable. These peace officers would have all of the same powers as cops as far as making arrests go, as well as other powers and authority (with the exception of writing traffic tickets). Um, okay, sure sounds fair. Essentially crea...
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Inside the Texas Capitol: It'll be a busy couple of days
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Monday, May 07, 2007. It'll be a busy couple of days. Now that most of the religious debates are finally over, the House will now hear 140 bills over today and tomorrow. Well, they actually have no chance in hell getting through them, but that's what's on the Calendar. Here's a brief look at what to expect at some point in the near future:. Crownover's calling it an "employee safety measure" - wh...
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Inside the Texas Capitol: Parks up for debate today
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Wednesday, May 02, 2007. Parks up for debate today. About five or six weeks ago, I asked the question: Are the parks bills on the move or not? The answer is that one finally is. (Editor's note: follow the link for more background on the bills). Posted by imasuit @ 11:31 AM. A supporter of policy, an opponent of politics. View my complete profile. Proof of Citizenship.compromise? Updates on HB 855.
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Inside the Texas Capitol: 02/27/2005 - 03/06/2005
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Tuesday, March 01, 2005. HB2 comes out with Committee Substitute, Dems to unveil counter-proposal. As expected, the committee substitute on HB 2. Came out last night. It's more verbose than the introduced version, but nothing substantial has changed. Provides that students must pass end-of-course exams to move to the next grade or to graduate. Deletes the escalator clause that automatically incre...
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Inside the Texas Capitol: Voter ID bills coming to the floor
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Monday, April 23, 2007. Voter ID bills coming to the floor. Betty Brown just brought up HB 218. Which is the first of two voting rights bills to come up for debate today. The other is HB 626. Although I cannot disagree with a legal voter's intent to legally vote, I very much disagree with the methods since the consequences appear to far outweigh the supposed benefits. R&D, this will surely wreck ...
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Inside the Texas Capitol: 03/13/2005 - 03/20/2005
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Friday, March 18, 2005. Dewhurst blurring lines of government and business. Ordinarily I don't post something that falls outside the lines of policy, but PinkDome.com's. Account of government-sponsored propaganda is too good to pass up. PinkDome is alleging that Lt. Governor David Dewhurst is using government resources to provide web space for the website Texas Children First. TCEQ could no longe...
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Inside the Texas Capitol: 02/06/2005 - 02/13/2005
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Inside the Texas Capitol. Tracking legislation and providing insight into the 80th Texas Legislative Session. Thursday, February 10, 2005. The state will harshly penalize companies that outsource; won't allow state investments in those companies. Read today's Austin American-Statesman. Well, if HB 817. Passes. It's been filed by Yvonne Davis (D-Dallas) in an attempt to curb state involvement in companies that outsource jobs to overseas countries. The specific language:. Posted by imasuit @ 6:45 PM. This ...
