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Lege makes quick work of special session, Perry profits
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AP Photo: Speaker Joe Straus at the conclusion of regular session.
Texas lawmakers marched back into their stately green and burgundy chambers last week, and with a sunny Independence Day weekend approaching, made quick work of the weighty business they left behind in the regular session. Surely, their July 4th barbeques and fundraisers were that much more of a relief.
They left the heat outside during the special session, passing two major measures in two days. Though they left two more controversial measures pushed by Gov. Rick Perry on the table, he didn’t seem to care. The Governor spent the time updating his Twitter feed. Let’s hope he and his puppies got along as nicely as the legislature seemed to. The successes included rescheduling the sunset provisions that were threatening key state agencies and freeing up proposition 12 transportation bonds.
The tidal wave of unanimity seemed markedly different from the slow flood of procrastination that marked the regular session, and with Lt. Gov. Dewhurst and Speaker Straus hailing the legislative cram session as a win for Texas, we’re unlikely to hear complaints from the governor.
In fact, Rick used the nine days between sessions to raise money. Quite a lot of money. Perry’s reelection campaign is reporting he gladhanded his way to $4.2 million in that time, putting his total above $9 million, and above the $7.8 million his rival, Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has raised.
Whether the money talks for Rick is up for debate. And I’m quick to suppose that it’s a debate Kay Bailey would gladly join.
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