Less Than 24 Hours After Abortion Bill Filibuster, Texas Governor Calls Another Special

[Bennyboy]

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Source: Think Progress

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has called for a second special legislative session that will begin on July 1, according to ABC News reporter Arlette Saenz. The news comes less than 24 hours after Texas’ first special session concluded with a 13-hour filibuster that effectively blocked an omnibus abortion bill from passing.

Perry convened the first special session to give lawmakers more time to consider abortion-related bills that failed to advance during the state’s regular legislative period. Since special sessions operate under different rules, they allow the Republican majority to more easily rush through legislation without as much room for debate. Nevertheless, a coalition of grassroots women’s health activists and state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) were able to delay the stringent SB 5 measure by delaying a final vote. On Tuesday night, Davis successfully filibustered SB 5 by talking about the legislation for over 12 hours without sitting down, going to the bathr

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/26/2223441/perry-calls-second-special-session/

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LADIES START YOUR ENGINES.

[AtheistCrusader]

1. Good grief, they are relentless.

[Ken Burch]

2. I'm hoping he'll introduce a bill changing the state song to "Theme From DALLAS". n/t.

[napi21]

3. Can another person repeat the filibuster as Davis did?

It's certainly not fair that Davis be asked to do it again, but surely someone else can???

[VA_Jill]

4. Impeach the b@stard n/t

[hrmjustin]

5. Locking-sorry but this is a duplicate of this post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014519788

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

6. Rick Perry probably doesn't even know how to spell filibuster...