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- Gov. Perry adds immigration issues to special session – Chris Tomlinson, AP
Texas Democrats vehemently oppose all the measures and successfully used parliamentary procedure to stymie them until after the deadline passed for passage during the regular session. In a special session, there are fewer opportunities to slow a bill down.
- School districts likely will get fewer mandates – Curt Olson, Texas Budget Source
What couldn’t be accomplished between January and May seems to becoming reality in the Special Session.
Bills aimed at stripping away mandates on schools languished in the Legislature during the Regular Session, killed on a procedural Point of Order or intense opposition from teacher unions.
However, the 12th-hour filibuster on a key fiscal bill by State Rep. Wendy Davis, D-Forth Worth, changed all of that. Republicans are passing these bills now.
- Is the Special Session Turning into a Nightmare for Teachers' Groups? – Abby Rapoport, Texas Observer
This probably wasn’t what Sen. Wendy Davis had in mind.
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