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Related: About this forumTexas Republican Briscoe Cain blindsides fellow lawmakers in push for House version of new voting
Texas Republican Briscoe Cain blindsides fellow lawmakers in push for House version of new voting restrictionsby Alexa Ura, Texas Tribune
A raw power play by the chair of the Texas House Elections Committee came up one vote short Thursday, but the legislative blindside maneuver underscored the intensity behind the Republican push to get proposed voting restrictions to the governors desk and the competing visions between the House and Senate for what those restrictions should look like.
With little advance notice, state Rep. Briscoe Cain brought up in his committee Senate Bill 7, the priority voting bill that has already passed the Senate, and moved to gut it entirely. His motion would have replaced the bill's language with that of House Bill 6, a significantly different voting bill favored by House leadership, and put the Senate on the defensive to resurrect its legislation.
Caught off guard, Democrats on the committee said they were handed the replacement language minutes before they were asked to vote, and repeatedly objected to the move, which would have preempted any public hearing by the House on SB 7s provisions that differ substantially from Cains substitute.
I feel that SB 7 is a significant piece of legislation that we should hold a hearing on it, said state Rep. John Bucy, D-Austin.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/29/texas-voting-restrictions-fight/
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Texas Republican Briscoe Cain blindsides fellow lawmakers in push for House version of new voting (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Apr 2021
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CurtEastPoint
(18,549 posts)1. Psycho little pissant.
Rowdyag
(104 posts)3. Perfect description 👍
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)2. Glen Maxey is protesting this stunt