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Why shouldn't Democrats leave? The Texas House wasn't doing anything important.
The Texas Legislature has been brought to a standstill, although I’m not clear how anyone can tell.
Texas Democrats left town Monday, but good government had left long before that.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s 11-item want list for the 30-day legislative special session wandered too deeply into political campaigning, particularly with a restrictive election reform bill. So Democrats saw no point in staying around just to be a punching-bag.
Now, understand that this isn’t a simple red-blue issue.
Abbott doesn’t need to make Democrats happy to keep the Legislature at work. He only has to make 17 of them happy.
Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-kennedy/article252734918.html