.jpg) Because there are valid points of order on the Voter I.D. proposal, Democrats early on ask Speaker Joe Strauss if he would sustain one of them -- the fact that committee minutes for the bill were not filed within the three day deadline. He said the violation of the rule would make a bill ineligible for consideration.
Later, Straus indicated he might have, uh, misunderstood the question.
If it was a misunderstanding, it is a misunderstanding that cost the House several days work. Because if Straus had stuck with his original statement, Voter I.D. could have been called up, dispensed with on a point of order, and the House could have gone on to work on insurance reform and other issues.
But Straus and Republicans don't want to bring those bills up. It's clear they've gamed the calendar and the process to help their friends in the insurance industry, as well as Gov. Rick Perry who says he doesn't want to accept federal stimulus money for unemployment compensation -- another bill behind voter I.D. on the calendar.
Pinocchio Joe. The people's foe. |
