By Alex Ura
Texas Tribune
In the course of several hours Saturday and early Sunday, Senate Republicans hurtled to move forward on a sweeping voting bill negotiated behind closed doors where it doubled in length and grew to include voting law changes that weren’t previously considered.
In the course of several hours Saturday and early Sunday, Senate Republicans hurtled to move forward on a sweeping voting bill negotiated behind closed doors where it doubled in length and grew to include voting law changes that weren’t previously considered.
Eddie Lucio III just by coincidence missed a verificarion vote so won't be able to help fellow Democrats in the house try to stop it today. This is not the first time the III has missed verification and missed important votes. With friends like these...)
Over Democrats’ objections, they suspended the chamber’s own rules to narrow the window lawmakers had to review the new massive piece of legislation before giving it final approval ahead of the end of Monday's end to the legislative session. This culminated in an overnight debate and party line vote early Sunday to sign off on a raft of new voting restrictions and changes to elections and get it one step closer to the governor’s desk.
Senate Bill 7, the GOP’s priority voting bill, emerged Saturday from a conference committee as an expansive bill that would touch nearly the entire voting process, including provisions to limit early voting hours, curtail local voting options and further tighten voting-by-mail, among several other provisions. It was negotiated behind closed doors over the last week after the House and Senate passed significantly different versions of the legislation and pulled from each chamber’s version of the bill. The bill also came back with a series of additional voting rule changes, including a new ID requirement for mail-in ballots, that weren’t part of previous debates on the bill.
Over Democrats’ objections, they suspended the chamber’s own rules to narrow the window lawmakers had to review the new massive piece of legislation before giving it final approval ahead of the end of Monday's end to the legislative session. This culminated in an overnight debate and party line vote early Sunday to sign off on a raft of new voting restrictions and changes to elections and get it one step closer to the governor’s desk.
Senate Bill 7, the GOP’s priority voting bill, emerged Saturday from a conference committee as an expansive bill that would touch nearly the entire voting process, including provisions to limit early voting hours, curtail local voting options and further tighten voting-by-mail, among several other provisions. It was negotiated behind closed doors over the last week after the House and Senate passed significantly different versions of the legislation and pulled from each chamber’s version of the bill. The bill also came back with a series of additional voting rule changes, including a new ID requirement for mail-in ballots, that weren’t part of previous debates on the bill.
But instead of giving senators the 24 hours required under the chamber’s rules to go over the committee’s report, including those new additions, state Sen. Bryan HUghes, R-Mineola, moved to ignore that mandate so the Senate could debate and eventually vote on the final version of the bill just hours after it was filed.
Around 6 p.m. Saturday, Hughes acknowledged the Senate would consider the report “earlier than usual” but tried to argue he was giving senators "more time" by alerting them about his plan to debate the final version of SB 7 at 10 p.m.
“That’s a nice spin,” state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, shot back.
The Legislature is up against a Sunday night deadline to approve conference committee reports, like the compromise version of SB 7. Had the Senate waited until later Sunday to consider it, it could have left it in reach of a filibuster that could’ve killed the bill. The House is expected to vote on the final version of the bill later today.
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26 comments:
That should stop the dead from voting in the next election! Hahahahaha!
lucio is a democrat only on paper.
he always votes republican, but he knows he van not win in the valley as a republican.
So I guess this means that minorities are too fucking stupid to know what to do in order to vote; more victimization of people who are not victims. Any MORON with an IQ of 75 can figure out what is needed to vote.
I’ve always known that Eddie was a sellout, brown puppet for the rich white boys in Austin. This, however, is a new all time low for this sorry excuse for a human being. This bill calls for the marginal disenfranchisement of our (his) people. May he wear out a path to hell as he circles the stations of the cross around his house as he hypocritically beats his chest. He has had his reward.
Que viva mi tierra, Michoacán
Y denme charanda pa' brindar
Que Juan Colorado aquí está ya
Montado en su cuaco, el Huracán
¡Epa!
¡Ay, Michoacán!
Qué lindo eres, verdad de Dios que sí, ¡ay!
Ese lucio has no gray hairs
You're not a Democrat if you aren't stupid.
Any law that hinders Democrats ability to cheat in an election is considered Voter Suppression.
It's about time voter id was required for mail-in ballots. One fraud vote is one too many
The King coco of the valley he even talks like them with fork tongue pinche culo
John F Kennedy would be defeated by Lucio
In an election in the Senate District Lucio represents if it was held today.
History will not judge Lucio kindly, nor the district that has empowered not Lucio but every southern cracker running this state now.
Look over the past 20 years of election history in Cameron County, and look at the contributions and where they come from, those are the ones controlling.
Lucio, why didn't you run as a republican? Why , because if you would've run as a Republican you wouldn't have won. You are a "DINO" "Democrat In Name Only" and a closeted Republican. I have nothing against any party, but the fact that you run under false pretenses speaks volumes, because you crossed that line a long time ago. But come Pachananga time, you bring in the democrats, who believe in you.
Bridge to Nowhere, Remember????? Now that was greed. The list goes on........
Lucio's if this information is true, why didn't you run as republicans? Why , because if you would've run as Republicans you wouldn't have won. You are "DINO's" "Democrats In Name Only" and a closeted Republicans. I have nothing against any party, but the fact that you run under false pretenses speaks volumes, because you crossed that line a long time ago. But come Pachananga time, you gather the people you say you are going to represent that believe in you.
Bridge to Nowhere, Remember????? Now that was greed. The list goes on... Eddie III, you have a few monkeys on your back , as well. Eddie III, you've had a great teacher. Some of your friends have ended up in jail, but both of you seem to slither away from scandals.
CULO THEY HAVE TO GO THEY NEED TO BE VOTED OUT PINCHES REPUBLICANS COCOS.
Great graphic
ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!
Commodore Juané Mendez: Commodore Juané Mendez currently mayor of a southern city in Texas compromised mostly of lowly Meskins was a male Starfleet flag officer in the 23rd century. In 2267, this decorated command division veteran was the commanding officer of Starbase 11 and SpaceX I Commdore.
In his capacity as commander of Starbase 11, Mendez oversaw the care of Fleet Captain Cowen Zapaslettttas, who had been hospitalized there after exposure to delta radiation left him an invalid. In his capacity as commander of SpaceX I he oversaw all floor sweepers and laundry and maintenance crews which he brought over from Starbase V Dallas.
Current intentions now consist of running for a higher office where the majority of citizens compromise a majority of rich and famous gringos. Good luck Starbase II commander.
foot note: At 3ft 4in he is the shortest Commandore in the Starbase Command. His physical attributes according to Commander Mendez which include being cross-eyed A Herculean Task has never poised any problems either mental or physical.
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For brownsville it only means MORE BIKE TRAILS!
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In mexico ther is NO limit just sent them up north.
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The hillbilly asteroid will maneuver its orbit to come close to earth and dump several tons of trash, white trash that is...
Folks its very simple, lets not complain but just keep re-electing the lucio Jr and Lucio the Turd III back into office so they can stab us in the back again and again and again. And the TURD wants to run for Senator once daddy retires, i hope not, we can do better that this mojon-turd.
May 30, 2021 at 1:31 PM
So you can't vote any more!
I D I O T A !
a texas high school valictorian put eddie lucio to shame in her valedictory address when she spoke about the abortion bill passed by the texas senate.
The thing about Lucio, he protects the unborn child, but if a child turns out to be gay, that child no longer matters to him and loses protection.
Lucio's... "Los Dino's"
Correcting my statement @June 4, 2021 at 11:08 PM
Sorry, using Los Dino's would be disrespectful to Selena's family. Not good.
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