| From | Fran Rhodes/Citizen Advocates <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Here's what's happening in the 3rd Special Session |
| Date | October 13, 2023 2:05 PM |
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Greetings Citizen Advocates!
Here we are - 5 days into the 3rd Called Special Session, and I wanted to g=
ive you an update:
The session includes 6 issues covering school choice & teacher pay; border =
issues; and medical freedom issues.
SENATE:
So far, 81 Senate bills have been filed for this special session. The Senat=
e got right to work on opening day, assigning bills to committees and sched=
uling public hearings on SB1, SB2, SB4, SB7 and SB11. All 5 of these bills=
, which address the issues on the call, were voted favorably out of committ=
ee this week and all 5 were passed finally by the Senate on Thursday.
HOUSE:
So far, 151 House bills have been filed for this special session. The Hous=
e gaveled in on Oct 9, passed HR10 (support for Israel), then gaveled out. =
They came into session for a short time on Wednesday 10/11, and again on T=
hursday 10/12. A whole list of Resolutions and Concurring Resolutions and =
7 actual bills were read on first reading and referred to committees. As o=
f today, no committee hearings have been scheduled in the House and they ar=
e not set to convene again until Monday.
Speaker Phelan did find time in his very busy schedule to silence Rep Tony =
Tinderholt on his attempt to move to vacate the chair. Here's a brief desc=
ription of what happened from our journalist friend, Bonnie Lyons:
An attempt by Representative Tony Tinderholt of District 94 to clarify Hous=
e rules, with the intention of presenting a motion to vacate the chair was =
shot down by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, as the House gaveled in agai=
n for the third special session. Clearly prepared for the inquiry, Phelan r=
ead from a statement saying that he was declining to respond to hypothetica=
l questions, based on historical precedent. Tinderholt challenged the rulin=
g saying that he=E2=80=99d been in the legislature for 10 years and they=E2=
=80=99d always been able to do inquiries for things they would like to do. =
But Phelan insisted it was not a proper inquiry. Further, Phelan charged th=
at, in light of Tinderholt=E2=80=99s history, he would no longer entertain =
further inquiries from him on the House floor without going to Phelan to cl=
ear them first. With that, Phelan again adjourned, pending reading and refe=
rral of bills from committees at 3 pm Monday. No committees have yet met in=
the House.
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So - Rep Tinderholt can no longer make inquiries on the House floor without=
getting Speaker Phelan's approval first? What is this, third grade? Free=
speech doesn't seem to exist in Dade Phelan's House. This move not only s=
ilences Rep. Tinderholt, but every citizen of the district he represents. =
See the exchange and Rep. Tinderholt's Facebook comments here:
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Tony Tinderholt
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WHAT'S NEXT?
Things move pretty fast in a special session (unless you're the Texas House=
), so we are limited in how much influence we can have in person, because o=
f the schedule. I am planning to be at the Capitol on Tuesday the 17th and=
Tuesday the 25th. Those are probably the only two days I'll be able to be=
there this session. Anyone who would like to join me can meet me in the R=
otunda at 9:00 am. If there are hearings, we'll testify. If not, we'll vi=
sit lawmakers offices to try to influence the priority bills.
During these fast paced legislative times, when it's difficult to be in Aus=
tin at the right time, it becomes especially important to use alternative m=
ethods of contacting our Senators and Representatives. For the Senators, t=
he only option is contacting them via phone, email or mail. For House bill=
s, I expect (but don't know for sure yet) that there will be an on-line com=
ment option for the bills heard in committee. We need to take full advanta=
ge of that! When you make an on-line comment, it becomes part of the offic=
ial record of the committee, and part of the committee journal. I have no =
idea if the committee members read all the on-line comments, but it's almos=
t as effective as being there to testify in person.
If you don't know how to access to the on-line comments for House bills, th=
e link is always posted at the bottom of the Committee Hearing announcement=
. You just click on the link, and then fill in the blanks and make your co=
mment.
You can also contact members of the committees of both chambers to express =
your opinions. Their phone numbers are on their member pages on the TLO, a=
nd emails are:
[email protected]
[email protected]
ACTION ITEMS:
1) Try to keep up with the bills that make it to committee hearings and of=
fer comments to the committee by phone, email, or on line comment. (Rememb=
er from Citizen Advocate Training how to set bill alerts in the TLO?)
2) Watch the TLO for daily House and Senate floor votes, and contact your =
own representatives and senators to express your opinions.
3) For day to day updates, check the TTP Citizen Advocate page on Facebook=
.
4) Join me at the Capitol on Oct. 17th and 25th to do whatever we can in pe=
rson.
5) Contact Speaker Phelan's office and tell him what you think of his atte=
mpt to silence Rep. Tony Tinderholt!
Contact for Speaker Dade Phelan
[email protected]
Phone:
512-463-1000 (Capitol office)
409-745-2777 (District Office)
Snail Mail: PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768
As always, thanks for your dedication to grassroots activism. We truly can=
make a difference when we work together! Feel free to reach out if you ha=
ve questions about any of this, and I'll try to answer them.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
PS: One of our leadership team members replied to my message last week say=
ing: "It's hard to stay engaged because I'm already married!" =F0=9F=A4=
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Stay married, but stay engaged in government! (LOL)
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tyle=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weigh=
t: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt=
; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Greetings Ci=
tizen Advocates!</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helveti=
ca,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-ali=
gn: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bo=
ttom: 10px;">Here we are - 5 days into the 3rd Called Special Session, and =
I wanted to give you an update:</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family=
: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Marg=
in: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: =
10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">The session includes 6 issues covering school c=
hoice & teacher pay; border issues; and medical freedom issues.</p> <p =
style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weig=
ht: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12p=
t; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>SEN=
ATE:</strong></p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,=
sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align:=
left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-botto=
m: 10px;">So far, 81 Senate bills have been filed for this special session.=
The Senate got right to work on opening day, assigning bills to committees=
and scheduling public hearings on <a title=3D"SB1" href=3D"[link removed]
nemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/vn2nZ8GnJQavHLmz35zL9lCHoUP9RHz8PrW4=
Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYV4gn4gMEMsRYczx6kyAK2k=3D" target=3D"_blank=
" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-wei=
ght: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">SB1</a>, <a =
title=3D"SB2," href=3D"[link removed]
k/vn2nZ8GnJQavHLmz35zL9lCHoUP9RHz8PrW4Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYX-jxj=
uXYeo-TB_1X2gIaMM=3D" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0=
074d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align:=
left; line-height: 1.5;">SB2,</a> <a title=3D"SB4" href=3D"[link removed]
nemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/vn2nZ8GnJQavHLmz35zL9lCHoUP9RHz8PrW4=
Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYaNGNcU-__LJK_PDZVqp_aE=3D" target=3D"_blank=
" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-wei=
ght: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">SB4</a>, <a =
title=3D"SB7" href=3D"[link removed]
/vn2nZ8GnJQavHLmz35zL9lCHoUP9RHz8PrW4Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYSGdH4Y=
106dtM3v2ihXrliE=3D" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #00=
74d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: =
left; line-height: 1.5;">SB7</a> and <a title=3D"SB11" href=3D"[link removed]
neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/vn2nZ8GnJQavHLmz35zL9lCHoUP9RHz8P=
rW4Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYatEWWI-F-2cioK1qcHhhxA=3D" target=3D"_bl=
ank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-=
weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">SB11</a>.=
All 5 of these bills, which address the issues on the call, were vot=
ed favorably out of committee this week and all 5 were passed finally by th=
e Senate on Thursday.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,he=
lvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; tex=
t-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Marg=
in-bottom: 10px;"><strong>HOUSE</strong>:</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; f=
ont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margi=
n: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margi=
n-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">So far, 151 House bills have been fil=
ed for this special session. The House gaveled in on Oct 9, passed HR=
10 (support for Israel), then gaveled out. They came into session for=
a short time on Wednesday 10/11, and again on Thursday 10/12. A whol=
e list of Resolutions and Concurring Resolutions and 7 actual bills were re=
ad on first reading and referred to committees. As of today, <strong>=
no committee hearings have been scheduled in the House</strong> and they ar=
e not set to convene again until Monday.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; fo=
nt-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin=
: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin=
-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Speaker Phelan did find time in his ve=
ry busy schedule to <strong>silence Rep Tony Tinderholt </strong>on his att=
empt to move to vacate the chair. Here's a brief description of what =
happened from our journalist friend, Bonnie Lyons:</p>=20
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<em>An attempt by Representative Tony Tinderholt of Distri=
ct 94 to clarify House rules, with the intention of presenting a motion to =
vacate the chair was shot down by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, as the =
House gaveled in again for the third special session. Clearly prepared for =
the inquiry, Phelan read from a statement saying that he was declining to r=
espond to hypothetical questions, based on historical precedent. Tinderholt=
challenged the ruling saying that he=E2=80=99d been in the legislature for=
10 years and they=E2=80=99d always been able to do inquiries for things th=
ey would like to do. But Phelan insisted it was not a proper inquiry. Furth=
er, Phelan charged that, in light of Tinderholt=E2=80=99s history, he would=
no longer entertain further inquiries from him on the House floor without =
going to Phelan to clear them first. With that, Phelan again adjourned, pen=
ding reading and referral of bills from committees at 3 pm Monday. No commi=
ttees have yet met in the House.</em>
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So - Rep Tinderholt can no longer make inquiries on the Ho=
use floor without getting Speaker Phelan's approval first? <strong>Wh=
at is this, third grade?</strong> Free speech doesn't seem to exist i=
n Dade Phelan's House. This move not only silences Rep. Tinderholt, b=
ut every citizen of the district he represents. See the exchange and =
Rep. Tinderholt's Facebook comments here:
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; margin-bottom: 0;" title=3D"Tony Tinderholt" href=3D"[link removed]
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Bs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYfBu5CFvkbrZLQRVb9U2Ze8=3D" target=3D"_blank" rel=
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<strong>WHAT'S NEXT?</strong>
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</div> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvet=
ica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-al=
ign: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-b=
ottom: 10px;">Things move pretty fast in a special session (unless you're t=
he Texas House), so we are limited in how much influence we can have in per=
son, because of the schedule. I am planning to be at the Capitol on T=
uesday the 17th and Tuesday the 25th. Those are probably the only two=
days I'll be able to be there this session. Anyone who would like to=
join me can meet me in the Rotunda at 9:00 am. If there are hearings=
, we'll testify. If not, we'll visit lawmakers offices to try to infl=
uence the priority bills.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: aria=
l,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0;=
text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; =
Margin-bottom: 10px;">During these fast paced legislative times, when it's =
difficult to be in Austin at the right time, it becomes especially importan=
t to use alternative methods of contacting our Senators and Representatives=
. For the Senators, the only option is contacting them via phone, ema=
il or mail. For House bills, I expect (but don't know for sure yet) t=
hat there will be an on-line comment option for the bills heard in committe=
e. <strong>We need to take full advantage of that! </strong>Whe=
n you make an on-line comment, it becomes part of the official record of th=
e committee, and part of the committee journal. I have no idea if the=
committee members read all the on-line comments, but it's almost as effect=
ive as being there to testify in person.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; fo=
nt-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin=
: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin=
-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">If you don't know how to access to the=
on-line comments for House bills, the link is always posted at the bottom =
of the Committee Hearing announcement. You just click on the link, an=
d then fill in the blanks and make your comment.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c=
4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0=
; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5=
; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">You can also contact members o=
f the committees of both chambers to express your opinions. Their pho=
ne numbers are on their member pages on the <a title=3D"TLO," href=3D"https=
://api.neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/vn2nZ8GnJQavHLmz35zL9lCHoU=
P9RHz8PrW4Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYeWg2T-ccBi25kZi6hEZkcI=3D" target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none=
; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">TL=
O,</a> and emails are:</p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c414=
4; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; m=
argin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px=
; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>firstname.lastname@hous=
e.texas.gov</strong></p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; =
Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>firstname.lastname@senate=
.texas.gov</strong></p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; fo=
nt-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin=
: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Mar=
gin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;"><strong>ACTION ITEMS</strong>:</p> <p =
class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,=
sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: =
12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-alig=
n: left;">1) Try to keep up with the bills that make it to committee =
hearings and offer comments to the committee by phone, email, or on line co=
mment. (Remember from Citizen Advocate Training how to set bill alert=
s in the TLO?)</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-fa=
mily: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; =
Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-b=
ottom: 10px; text-align: left;">2) Watch the <a title=3D"TLO" href=3D=
"[link removed]
9lCHoUP9RHz8PrW4Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYadl_ms4uEo1g2fJqK04Baw=3D" =
target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration=
: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.=
5;">TLO</a> for daily House and Senate floor votes, and contact your own re=
presentatives and senators to express your opinions.</p> <p class=3D"align-=
left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; fon=
t-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-heig=
ht: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">3)&nb=
sp; For day to day updates, check the <a title=3D"TTP Citizen Advocate page=
" href=3D"[link removed]
vHLmz35zL9lCHoUP9RHz8PrW4Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYW-alyV1dy4EnnxsQz2=
VkjI=3D" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-d=
ecoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-h=
eight: 1.5;">TTP Citizen Advocate page</a> on Facebook.</p> <p class=3D"ali=
gn-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; =
font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-h=
eight: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">4)=
Join me at the Capitol on Oct. 17th and 25th to do whatever we can in pers=
on.</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial=
,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; =
font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
; text-align: left;"><strong>5) Contact Speaker Phelan's office and t=
ell him what you think of his attempt to silence Rep. Tony Tinderholt!</str=
ong></p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: ar=
ial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: =
0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 1=
0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Contact for Speaker Dade Phelan</strong><=
/p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,h=
elvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; fo=
nt-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; =
text-align: center;"><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=
=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0=
; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">[email protected]</a></p> =
<p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helve=
tica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-s=
ize: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text=
-align: center;">Phone:</p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c41=
44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; =
margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10p=
x; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;">512-463-1000 (Capitol office)<=
/p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,h=
elvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; fo=
nt-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; =
text-align: center;">409-745-2777 (District Office)</p> <p class=3D"align-c=
enter" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; fo=
nt-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-hei=
ght: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;">Sn=
ail Mail: PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=
=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 4=
00; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; ma=
rgin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">As always, thank=
s for your dedication to grassroots activism. We truly can make a dif=
ference when we work together! Feel free to reach out if you have que=
stions about any of this, and I'll try to answer them.</p> <p class=3D"alig=
n-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; f=
ont-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-he=
ight: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">Sta=
y Engaged!</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family=
: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Marg=
in: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-botto=
m: 10px; text-align: left;">Fran Rhodes, President</p> <p class=3D"align-le=
ft" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-=
weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height=
: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">PS:&nbs=
p; One of our leadership team members replied to my message last week sayin=
g: "It's hard to stay engaged because I'm already married!" =F0=
=9F=A4=A3=F0=9F=A4=A3</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; =
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; marg=
in: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; M=
argin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">Stay married, but stay engaged in go=
vernment! (LOL)</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-f=
amily: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0;=
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0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-=
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Greetings Citizen Advocates!
Here we are - 5 days into the 3rd Called Special Session, and I wanted to give you an update:
The session includes 6 issues covering school choice & teacher pay; border issues; and medical freedom issues.
SENATE:
So far, 81 Senate bills have been filed for this special session. The Senate got right to work on opening day, assigning bills to committees and scheduling public hearings on SB1, SB2, SB4, SB7 and SB11. All 5 of these bills, which address the issues on the call, were voted favorably out of committee this week and all 5 were passed finally by the Senate on Thursday.
HOUSE:
So far, 151 House bills have been filed for this special session. The House gaveled in on Oct 9, passed HR10 (support for Israel), then gaveled out. They came into session for a short time on Wednesday 10/11, and again on Thursday 10/12. A whole list of Resolutions and Concurring Resolutions and 7 actual bills were read on first reading and referred to committees. As of today, no committee hearings have been scheduled in the House and they are not set to convene again until Monday.
Speaker Phelan did find time in his very busy schedule to silence Rep Tony Tinderholt on his attempt to move to vacate the chair. Here's a brief description of what happened from our journalist friend, Bonnie Lyons:
An attempt by Representative Tony Tinderholt of District 94 to clarify House rules, with the intention of presenting a motion to vacate the chair was shot down by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, as the House gaveled in again for the third special session. Clearly prepared for the inquiry, Phelan read from a statement saying that he was declining to respond to hypothetical questions, based on historical precedent. Tinderholt challenged the ruling saying that he’d been in the legislature for 10 years and they’d always been able to do inquiries for things they would like to do. But Phelan insisted it was not a proper inquiry. Further, Phelan charged that, in light of Tinderholt’s history, he would no longer entertain further inquiries from him on the House floor without going to Phelan to clear them first. With that, Phelan again adjourned, pending reading and referral of bills from committees at 3 pm Monday. No committees have yet met in the House.
So - Rep Tinderholt can no longer make inquiries on the House floor without getting Speaker Phelan's approval first? What is this, third grade? Free speech doesn't seem to exist in Dade Phelan's House. This move not only silences Rep. Tinderholt, but every citizen of the district he represents. See the exchange and Rep. Tinderholt's Facebook comments here:
Tony Tinderholt
WHAT'S NEXT?
Things move pretty fast in a special session (unless you're the Texas House), so we are limited in how much influence we can have in person, because of the schedule. I am planning to be at the Capitol on Tuesday the 17th and Tuesday the 25th. Those are probably the only two days I'll be able to be there this session. Anyone who would like to join me can meet me in the Rotunda at 9:00 am. If there are hearings, we'll testify. If not, we'll visit lawmakers offices to try to influence the priority bills.
During these fast paced legislative times, when it's difficult to be in Austin at the right time, it becomes especially important to use alternative methods of contacting our Senators and Representatives. For the Senators, the only option is contacting them via phone, email or mail. For House bills, I expect (but don't know for sure yet) that there will be an on-line comment option for the bills heard in committee. We need to take full advantage of that! When you make an on-line comment, it becomes part of the official record of the committee, and part of the committee journal. I have no idea if the committee members read all the on-line comments, but it's almost as effective as being there to testify in person.
If you don't know how to access to the on-line comments for House bills, the link is always posted at the bottom of the Committee Hearing announcement. You just click on the link, and then fill in the blanks and make your comment.
You can also contact members of the committees of both chambers to express your opinions. Their phone numbers are on their member pages on the TLO, and emails are:
[email protected]
[email protected]
ACTION ITEMS:
1) Try to keep up with the bills that make it to committee hearings and offer comments to the committee by phone, email, or on line comment. (Remember from Citizen Advocate Training how to set bill alerts in the TLO?)
2) Watch the TLO for daily House and Senate floor votes, and contact your own representatives and senators to express your opinions.
3) For day to day updates, check the TTP Citizen Advocate page on Facebook.
4) Join me at the Capitol on Oct. 17th and 25th to do whatever we can in person.
5) Contact Speaker Phelan's office and tell him what you think of his attempt to silence Rep. Tony Tinderholt!
Contact for Speaker Dade Phelan
[email protected]
Phone:
512-463-1000 (Capitol office)
409-745-2777 (District Office)
Snail Mail: PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768
As always, thanks for your dedication to grassroots activism. We truly can make a difference when we work together! Feel free to reach out if you have questions about any of this, and I'll try to answer them.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
PS: One of our leadership team members replied to my message last week saying: "It's hard to stay engaged because I'm already married!" 🤣🤣
Stay married, but stay engaged in government! (LOL)
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Greetings Citizen Advocates!
Here we are - 5 days into the 3rd Called Special Session, and I wanted to g=
ive you an update:
The session includes 6 issues covering school choice & teacher pay; border =
issues; and medical freedom issues.
SENATE:
So far, 81 Senate bills have been filed for this special session. The Senat=
e got right to work on opening day, assigning bills to committees and sched=
uling public hearings on SB1, SB2, SB4, SB7 and SB11. All 5 of these bills=
, which address the issues on the call, were voted favorably out of committ=
ee this week and all 5 were passed finally by the Senate on Thursday.
HOUSE:
So far, 151 House bills have been filed for this special session. The Hous=
e gaveled in on Oct 9, passed HR10 (support for Israel), then gaveled out. =
They came into session for a short time on Wednesday 10/11, and again on T=
hursday 10/12. A whole list of Resolutions and Concurring Resolutions and =
7 actual bills were read on first reading and referred to committees. As o=
f today, no committee hearings have been scheduled in the House and they ar=
e not set to convene again until Monday.
Speaker Phelan did find time in his very busy schedule to silence Rep Tony =
Tinderholt on his attempt to move to vacate the chair. Here's a brief desc=
ription of what happened from our journalist friend, Bonnie Lyons:
An attempt by Representative Tony Tinderholt of District 94 to clarify Hous=
e rules, with the intention of presenting a motion to vacate the chair was =
shot down by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, as the House gaveled in agai=
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getting Speaker Phelan's approval first? What is this, third grade? Free=
speech doesn't seem to exist in Dade Phelan's House. This move not only s=
ilences Rep. Tinderholt, but every citizen of the district he represents. =
See the exchange and Rep. Tinderholt's Facebook comments here:
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Tony Tinderholt
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WHAT'S NEXT?
Things move pretty fast in a special session (unless you're the Texas House=
), so we are limited in how much influence we can have in person, because o=
f the schedule. I am planning to be at the Capitol on Tuesday the 17th and=
Tuesday the 25th. Those are probably the only two days I'll be able to be=
there this session. Anyone who would like to join me can meet me in the R=
otunda at 9:00 am. If there are hearings, we'll testify. If not, we'll vi=
sit lawmakers offices to try to influence the priority bills.
During these fast paced legislative times, when it's difficult to be in Aus=
tin at the right time, it becomes especially important to use alternative m=
ethods of contacting our Senators and Representatives. For the Senators, t=
he only option is contacting them via phone, email or mail. For House bill=
s, I expect (but don't know for sure yet) that there will be an on-line com=
ment option for the bills heard in committee. We need to take full advanta=
ge of that! When you make an on-line comment, it becomes part of the offic=
ial record of the committee, and part of the committee journal. I have no =
idea if the committee members read all the on-line comments, but it's almos=
t as effective as being there to testify in person.
If you don't know how to access to the on-line comments for House bills, th=
e link is always posted at the bottom of the Committee Hearing announcement=
. You just click on the link, and then fill in the blanks and make your co=
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your opinions. Their phone numbers are on their member pages on the TLO, a=
nd emails are:
[email protected]
[email protected]
ACTION ITEMS:
1) Try to keep up with the bills that make it to committee hearings and of=
fer comments to the committee by phone, email, or on line comment. (Rememb=
er from Citizen Advocate Training how to set bill alerts in the TLO?)
2) Watch the TLO for daily House and Senate floor votes, and contact your =
own representatives and senators to express your opinions.
3) For day to day updates, check the TTP Citizen Advocate page on Facebook=
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4) Join me at the Capitol on Oct. 17th and 25th to do whatever we can in pe=
rson.
5) Contact Speaker Phelan's office and tell him what you think of his atte=
mpt to silence Rep. Tony Tinderholt!
Contact for Speaker Dade Phelan
[email protected]
Phone:
512-463-1000 (Capitol office)
409-745-2777 (District Office)
Snail Mail: PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768
As always, thanks for your dedication to grassroots activism. We truly can=
make a difference when we work together! Feel free to reach out if you ha=
ve questions about any of this, and I'll try to answer them.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
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tizen Advocates!</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helveti=
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hoice & teacher pay; border issues; and medical freedom issues.</p> <p =
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All 5 of these bills, which address the issues on the call, were vot=
ed favorably out of committee this week and all 5 were passed finally by th=
e Senate on Thursday.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,he=
lvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; tex=
t-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Marg=
in-bottom: 10px;"><strong>HOUSE</strong>:</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; f=
ont-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margi=
n: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margi=
n-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">So far, 151 House bills have been fil=
ed for this special session. The House gaveled in on Oct 9, passed HR=
10 (support for Israel), then gaveled out. They came into session for=
a short time on Wednesday 10/11, and again on Thursday 10/12. A whol=
e list of Resolutions and Concurring Resolutions and 7 actual bills were re=
ad on first reading and referred to committees. As of today, <strong>=
no committee hearings have been scheduled in the House</strong> and they ar=
e not set to convene again until Monday.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; fo=
nt-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin=
: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin=
-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">Speaker Phelan did find time in his ve=
ry busy schedule to <strong>silence Rep Tony Tinderholt </strong>on his att=
empt to move to vacate the chair. Here's a brief description of what =
happened from our journalist friend, Bonnie Lyons:</p>=20
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<em>An attempt by Representative Tony Tinderholt of Distri=
ct 94 to clarify House rules, with the intention of presenting a motion to =
vacate the chair was shot down by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, as the =
House gaveled in again for the third special session. Clearly prepared for =
the inquiry, Phelan read from a statement saying that he was declining to r=
espond to hypothetical questions, based on historical precedent. Tinderholt=
challenged the ruling saying that he=E2=80=99d been in the legislature for=
10 years and they=E2=80=99d always been able to do inquiries for things th=
ey would like to do. But Phelan insisted it was not a proper inquiry. Furth=
er, Phelan charged that, in light of Tinderholt=E2=80=99s history, he would=
no longer entertain further inquiries from him on the House floor without =
going to Phelan to clear them first. With that, Phelan again adjourned, pen=
ding reading and referral of bills from committees at 3 pm Monday. No commi=
ttees have yet met in the House.</em>
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So - Rep Tinderholt can no longer make inquiries on the Ho=
use floor without getting Speaker Phelan's approval first? <strong>Wh=
at is this, third grade?</strong> Free speech doesn't seem to exist i=
n Dade Phelan's House. This move not only silences Rep. Tinderholt, b=
ut every citizen of the district he represents. See the exchange and =
Rep. Tinderholt's Facebook comments here:
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<strong>WHAT'S NEXT?</strong>
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ica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-al=
ign: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-b=
ottom: 10px;">Things move pretty fast in a special session (unless you're t=
he Texas House), so we are limited in how much influence we can have in per=
son, because of the schedule. I am planning to be at the Capitol on T=
uesday the 17th and Tuesday the 25th. Those are probably the only two=
days I'll be able to be there this session. Anyone who would like to=
join me can meet me in the Rotunda at 9:00 am. If there are hearings=
, we'll testify. If not, we'll visit lawmakers offices to try to infl=
uence the priority bills.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: aria=
l,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0;=
text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; =
Margin-bottom: 10px;">During these fast paced legislative times, when it's =
difficult to be in Austin at the right time, it becomes especially importan=
t to use alternative methods of contacting our Senators and Representatives=
. For the Senators, the only option is contacting them via phone, ema=
il or mail. For House bills, I expect (but don't know for sure yet) t=
hat there will be an on-line comment option for the bills heard in committe=
e. <strong>We need to take full advantage of that! </strong>Whe=
n you make an on-line comment, it becomes part of the official record of th=
e committee, and part of the committee journal. I have no idea if the=
committee members read all the on-line comments, but it's almost as effect=
ive as being there to testify in person.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c4144; fo=
nt-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin=
: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin=
-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">If you don't know how to access to the=
on-line comments for House bills, the link is always posted at the bottom =
of the Committee Hearing announcement. You just click on the link, an=
d then fill in the blanks and make your comment.</p> <p style=3D"color: #3c=
4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0=
; margin: 0; Margin: 0; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5=
; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px;">You can also contact members o=
f the committees of both chambers to express your opinions. Their pho=
ne numbers are on their member pages on the <a title=3D"TLO," href=3D"https=
://api.neonemails.com/emails/tracking/click-link/vn2nZ8GnJQavHLmz35zL9lCHoU=
P9RHz8PrW4Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYeWg2T-ccBi25kZi6hEZkcI=3D" target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none=
; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">TL=
O,</a> and emails are:</p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c414=
4; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; m=
argin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px=
; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>firstname.lastname@hous=
e.texas.gov</strong></p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144;=
font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; mar=
gin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; =
Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>firstname.lastname@senate=
.texas.gov</strong></p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; fo=
nt-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin=
: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Mar=
gin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;"><strong>ACTION ITEMS</strong>:</p> <p =
class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,=
sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: =
12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-alig=
n: left;">1) Try to keep up with the bills that make it to committee =
hearings and offer comments to the committee by phone, email, or on line co=
mment. (Remember from Citizen Advocate Training how to set bill alert=
s in the TLO?)</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-fa=
mily: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; =
Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-b=
ottom: 10px; text-align: left;">2) Watch the <a title=3D"TLO" href=3D=
"[link removed]
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target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener" style=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration=
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5;">TLO</a> for daily House and Senate floor votes, and contact your own re=
presentatives and senators to express your opinions.</p> <p class=3D"align-=
left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; fon=
t-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-heig=
ht: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">3)&nb=
sp; For day to day updates, check the <a title=3D"TTP Citizen Advocate page=
" href=3D"[link removed]
vHLmz35zL9lCHoUP9RHz8PrW4Vd7jJBs=3D/2Pt7WmNyxfXv41CKIRTLYW-alyV1dy4EnnxsQz2=
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eight: 1.5;">TTP Citizen Advocate page</a> on Facebook.</p> <p class=3D"ali=
gn-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; =
font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-h=
eight: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">4)=
Join me at the Capitol on Oct. 17th and 25th to do whatever we can in pers=
on.</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial=
,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; =
font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px=
; text-align: left;"><strong>5) Contact Speaker Phelan's office and t=
ell him what you think of his attempt to silence Rep. Tony Tinderholt!</str=
ong></p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: ar=
ial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: =
0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 1=
0px; text-align: center;"><strong>Contact for Speaker Dade Phelan</strong><=
/p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,h=
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text-align: center;"><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=
=3D"color: #0074d9; text-decoration: none; font-weight: inherit; padding: 0=
; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5;">[email protected]</a></p> =
<p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helve=
tica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-s=
ize: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text=
-align: center;">Phone:</p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c41=
44; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; =
margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10p=
x; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;">512-463-1000 (Capitol office)<=
/p> <p class=3D"align-center" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,h=
elvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; fo=
nt-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; =
text-align: center;">409-745-2777 (District Office)</p> <p class=3D"align-c=
enter" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; fo=
nt-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-hei=
ght: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;">Sn=
ail Mail: PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=
=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 4=
00; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; ma=
rgin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">As always, thank=
s for your dedication to grassroots activism. We truly can make a dif=
ference when we work together! Feel free to reach out if you have que=
stions about any of this, and I'll try to answer them.</p> <p class=3D"alig=
n-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; f=
ont-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-he=
ight: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left;">Sta=
y Engaged!</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family=
: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Marg=
in: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; Margin-botto=
m: 10px; text-align: left;">Fran Rhodes, President</p> <p class=3D"align-le=
ft" style=3D"color: #3c4144; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-=
weight: 400; padding: 0; margin: 0; Margin: 0; font-size: 12pt; line-height=
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p; One of our leadership team members replied to my message last week sayin=
g: "It's hard to stay engaged because I'm already married!" =F0=
=9F=A4=A3=F0=9F=A4=A3</p> <p class=3D"align-left" style=3D"color: #3c4144; =
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Greetings Citizen Advocates!
Here we are - 5 days into the 3rd Called Special Session, and I wanted to give you an update:
The session includes 6 issues covering school choice & teacher pay; border issues; and medical freedom issues.
SENATE:
So far, 81 Senate bills have been filed for this special session. The Senate got right to work on opening day, assigning bills to committees and scheduling public hearings on SB1, SB2, SB4, SB7 and SB11. All 5 of these bills, which address the issues on the call, were voted favorably out of committee this week and all 5 were passed finally by the Senate on Thursday.
HOUSE:
So far, 151 House bills have been filed for this special session. The House gaveled in on Oct 9, passed HR10 (support for Israel), then gaveled out. They came into session for a short time on Wednesday 10/11, and again on Thursday 10/12. A whole list of Resolutions and Concurring Resolutions and 7 actual bills were read on first reading and referred to committees. As of today, no committee hearings have been scheduled in the House and they are not set to convene again until Monday.
Speaker Phelan did find time in his very busy schedule to silence Rep Tony Tinderholt on his attempt to move to vacate the chair. Here's a brief description of what happened from our journalist friend, Bonnie Lyons:
An attempt by Representative Tony Tinderholt of District 94 to clarify House rules, with the intention of presenting a motion to vacate the chair was shot down by Speaker of the House Dade Phelan, as the House gaveled in again for the third special session. Clearly prepared for the inquiry, Phelan read from a statement saying that he was declining to respond to hypothetical questions, based on historical precedent. Tinderholt challenged the ruling saying that he’d been in the legislature for 10 years and they’d always been able to do inquiries for things they would like to do. But Phelan insisted it was not a proper inquiry. Further, Phelan charged that, in light of Tinderholt’s history, he would no longer entertain further inquiries from him on the House floor without going to Phelan to clear them first. With that, Phelan again adjourned, pending reading and referral of bills from committees at 3 pm Monday. No committees have yet met in the House.
So - Rep Tinderholt can no longer make inquiries on the House floor without getting Speaker Phelan's approval first? What is this, third grade? Free speech doesn't seem to exist in Dade Phelan's House. This move not only silences Rep. Tinderholt, but every citizen of the district he represents. See the exchange and Rep. Tinderholt's Facebook comments here:
Tony Tinderholt
WHAT'S NEXT?
Things move pretty fast in a special session (unless you're the Texas House), so we are limited in how much influence we can have in person, because of the schedule. I am planning to be at the Capitol on Tuesday the 17th and Tuesday the 25th. Those are probably the only two days I'll be able to be there this session. Anyone who would like to join me can meet me in the Rotunda at 9:00 am. If there are hearings, we'll testify. If not, we'll visit lawmakers offices to try to influence the priority bills.
During these fast paced legislative times, when it's difficult to be in Austin at the right time, it becomes especially important to use alternative methods of contacting our Senators and Representatives. For the Senators, the only option is contacting them via phone, email or mail. For House bills, I expect (but don't know for sure yet) that there will be an on-line comment option for the bills heard in committee. We need to take full advantage of that! When you make an on-line comment, it becomes part of the official record of the committee, and part of the committee journal. I have no idea if the committee members read all the on-line comments, but it's almost as effective as being there to testify in person.
If you don't know how to access to the on-line comments for House bills, the link is always posted at the bottom of the Committee Hearing announcement. You just click on the link, and then fill in the blanks and make your comment.
You can also contact members of the committees of both chambers to express your opinions. Their phone numbers are on their member pages on the TLO, and emails are:
[email protected]
[email protected]
ACTION ITEMS:
1) Try to keep up with the bills that make it to committee hearings and offer comments to the committee by phone, email, or on line comment. (Remember from Citizen Advocate Training how to set bill alerts in the TLO?)
2) Watch the TLO for daily House and Senate floor votes, and contact your own representatives and senators to express your opinions.
3) For day to day updates, check the TTP Citizen Advocate page on Facebook.
4) Join me at the Capitol on Oct. 17th and 25th to do whatever we can in person.
5) Contact Speaker Phelan's office and tell him what you think of his attempt to silence Rep. Tony Tinderholt!
Contact for Speaker Dade Phelan
[email protected]
Phone:
512-463-1000 (Capitol office)
409-745-2777 (District Office)
Snail Mail: PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768
As always, thanks for your dedication to grassroots activism. We truly can make a difference when we work together! Feel free to reach out if you have questions about any of this, and I'll try to answer them.
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
PS: One of our leadership team members replied to my message last week saying: "It's hard to stay engaged because I'm already married!" 🤣🤣
Stay married, but stay engaged in government! (LOL)
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