Legislative Priority Update: Rules and Resolutions
The Texas House’s disregard for grassroots concerns has reached new heights. Representative Jared Patterson recently denied conservative representatives the opportunity to present resolutions honoring Jill Glover and the hospital that saved Shelley Luther’s life. While resolutions may often be seen as symbolic and sometimes unnecessary, they have been a routine practice in the House for many sessions. Members frequently suspend the rules to recognize a family, city, local official, business, or healthcare facility. However, as reported by Texas Scorecard, “Multiple House members confirmed to Texas Scorecard that Patterson blocked the resolution’s consideration.” Patterson declined to comment on the matter, but later shared a memo on X, outlining new guidelines for suspending rules related to resolutions. The outright contempt that the House is showing for grassroots members feel like something right out of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals. Rule 7 states, “A tactic that drags on for too long becomes a drag. Commitment may become ritualistic as people turn to other issues.’’ Then on Wednesday, the Texas house voted to suspend the rules to honor the League of Women Voters of Collin County. The League of Women Voters has a history of opposing voter integrity methods in Texas. See the Texas Scorecard for the full story.
These house members want to drag out these issues. These house members want us to become discouraged, they want us to quit because they won’t hear our bills. They want us to give up because they have only assigned a few bills to committees.
Friends, this is not the time to give up. We need to turn up the heat. We need to call our elected officials. We need to meet with them in their offices. We need to testify when possible.
Do not go weary in well doing. It’s often darkest right before dawn.
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