Abbott, Patrick hold bills hostage to push extreme laws, businesses suffer
, critically important for the state’s most vulnerable citizens, if school vouchers do not become law.
redrawing senate districts and organizing primary challenges against Republicans who’ve frustrated himThe 19 Republican senators vote as a block, and when Patrick needs a two-thirds majority, he calls on Democrats who need legislation passed. Senior Democrats often hold their noses and vote with Republicans to protect their bills.
Trading favors and doling out punishment, known as logrolling, has always been part of the legislative process. But in Texas, the concentration of power into a few hands tends toward the dictatorial.
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