Midnight deadline for House to pass Senate bills officially passes without vote on #SB29, trans student athlete bill #txlege
Another @DanPatrick priority that fell victim to the deadline: #SB12, blocking social media companies from banning Texans for political views #txlege
Worth noting #SB12 was a @GovAbbott priority by all appearances as well. He has tweeted about it multiple times and traveled to Tyler to promote it in March. DeSantis, a gubernatorial yardstick for some Abbott critics, signed a similar bill Monday.

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27 May
.@GovAbbott, asked at Fort Worth presser about @DanPatrick's call for a special session: "That’s pretty goofy because everybody knows there’s only one person with the authority to call a special session, and that’s the governor." #txlege
Abbott: “If anybody tries to force this, it’s not gonna be like ... in the past where we’ll have 40 items. ... The only thing I will be putting on there are things I want [passed]. ... We’re gonna go 1 item at a time. ... Not until they pass that item, we move on to another item"
Abbott: "If anybody tries to hold hostage this...session to force a special...that person will be putting their members...potentially into a special...4 another 2 yrs until the next reg session bc I’m gonna make sure we get things passed, not just open up some debating society."
Read 6 tweets
18 Mar
At Capitol presser, @DanPatrick increases pressure on @GovAbbott to act on electricity repricing. Patrick notes Abbott has "extraordinary powers" under emergency declaration and he could take swift action on repricing if he wanted to. #txlege
.@DanPatrick asks @GovAbbott to "order, under the emergency orders you have, the PUC chair to tell ERCOT to correct that price" #txlege
If @GovAbbott doesn't do that, he can order the PUC chair to tell ERCOT that prices are under investigation, which would extend Friday deadline, @DanPatrick says. #txlege
Read 5 tweets
17 Mar
No PUC news from @GovAbbott at Dallas presser #txlege
Do you agree with the House or Senate approach to repricing? "I've already made multiple comments about that, and I'll just leave those comments. You can pull them up," @GovAbbott said. #txlege
Why'd you ask for D'Andrea's resignation? Abbott: "We want to make sure that we are going to show the vision to our fellow Texans that we are charting a new and fresh course for the [PUC], and the action that I made is one of many steps that will be taken to achieve those goals."
Read 4 tweets
3 Mar
Surprise! @DanRodimer just showed up at Texas SOS office in Austin to file for #TX06. Less than an hour until filing deadline.
Asked him if he was filing for #TX06.

"You know it, brother. Hey, everything's bigger in Texas, man — and you can see the size of me"
Rodimer: "I'm running because we need to fight to keep our constitutional-friendly states."

"We need fighters in Texas, and and that's what I'm coming here for. I'm moving back to Texas. I have six children and I want them to be raised in a constitutional-friendly state." #TX06
Read 6 tweets
2 Mar
News — @GovAbbott: "Effective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%."

"Also, I am ending the statewide mask mandate." #txlege
Abbott: “If businesses want to limit capacity or implement add'l safety protocols, they have the right to do so. It is their business, & they get to choose to operate their biz the way they want to. At this time, though, ppl & biz don’t need the state telling them how to operate"
Abbott, nodding to concerns from local officials: "If COVID hospitalizations in any of the 22 hospital regions in TX rise above 15% of the hospital bed capacity in that region for 7 str8 days, then a co. judge in that region may use COVID mitigation strategies in their county"
Read 8 tweets
10 Nov 20
In @ChadHastyRadio interview, @RepDennisBonnen lets it rip on @AllenWest, saying he needs a one-way ticket back to Florida #txlege
"The problem is I don't think Florida will take him," Bonnen says
Bonnen: "Frankly Allen West is a failed politician from Florida who we never should've allowed to come into Texas. We need to send him back."
Read 4 tweets

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