From LQ's post Day 98:
The Senate rules require that all bills be considered in the order that they are filed. The rules also allow the Senate to ignore that rule if 2/3 of the Senators agree. The list of bills that Senators would like to have considered to be taken out of order is called the "intent calendar." Any Senator may place their bill on the intent calendar, but they generally will not do so unless they are confident that it will pass the 2/3 vote. Since the Senate Republicans are 1 vote short of a 2/3 majority Williams must believe that he has the support of at least one Senate Democrat for SB 723 or he wouldn't have placed it on the intent calendar."There were 63 bills on the intent calendar today, including SB 723. The Senate got to 9 of them. There is no scheduled calendar for Tuesday or Wednesday so the Senate will continue working down the intent calendar for today. If we are to be successful in killing SB 723 we must keep the pressure on Senate Democrats to oppose the bill. Please call and e-mail them today:
Mario Gallegos (512) 463-0106
mario.gallegos@senate.state.tx.us
Wendy Davis (512) 463-0110
wendy.davis@senate.state.tx.us
Rodney G. Ellis (512) 463-0113
rodney.ellis@senate.state.tx.us
Kirk Watson (512) 463-0114
kirk.watson@senate.state.tx.us
John Whitmire (512) 463-0115
john.whitmire@senate.state.tx.us
Carlos I. Uresti (512) 463-0119
carlos.uresti@senate.state.tx.us
Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (512) 463-0120
juan.hinojosa@senate.state.tx.us
Judith Zaffirini (512) 463-0121
judith.zaffirini@senate.state.tx.us
Royce West (512) 463-0123
royce.west@senate.state.tx.us
Leticia R. Van de Putte (512) 463-0126
leticia.vandeputte@senate.state.tx.us
Eduardo A. (Eddie) Lucio, Jr. (512) 463-0127
eddie.lucio@senate.state.tx.us
José R. RodrÃguez (512) 463-0129
Jose.rodriguez@senate.state.tx.us
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