Swordsmyth
05-19-2017, 02:29 PM
The Texas Freedom Caucus was fed up. That night, Stickland, Schaefer and the group’s 10 other Republican members decimated dozens of bills, exacting political retribution on GOP leaders they said failed to push far-right agenda items like anti-abortion legislation and a so-called bathroom bill.
The press called it the Mother’s Day Massacre (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/05/11/bill-massacre-texas-house-kills-proposals-late-night-talkfest). House lawmakers who watched their bills die called it an unnecessary slaughter of good legislation, measures killed because a few legislators decided not to play nice. What everyone agreed on is the caucus handed a key bargaining chip to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Straus’ archrival who leads the Senate, one he's using to push their priorities in the legislative session’s final days.
More at: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/05/18/happens-small-band-angry-legislators-takes-control-texas-house-learn
The press called it the Mother’s Day Massacre (https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/05/11/bill-massacre-texas-house-kills-proposals-late-night-talkfest). House lawmakers who watched their bills die called it an unnecessary slaughter of good legislation, measures killed because a few legislators decided not to play nice. What everyone agreed on is the caucus handed a key bargaining chip to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Straus’ archrival who leads the Senate, one he's using to push their priorities in the legislative session’s final days.
More at: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2017/05/18/happens-small-band-angry-legislators-takes-control-texas-house-learn