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Related: About this forumTexas Republican Party votes to censure House Speaker Joe Straus
The Texas State Republican Executive Committee voted Saturday to censure House Speaker Joe Straus (R), saying he has obstructed the partys conservative agenda.
The vote was 44-19 to censure the speaker, who is not seeking re-election, surpassing the threshold requirement that two-thirds of the 64 SREC members two from each of the 31 Senate districts, plus the chair and vice chair approve the resolution for it to be enacted.
State Party Chair James Dickey and Vice Chair Amy Clark cast the decisive votes. Without them, the 42 votes for censure would have fallen one vote shy.
This is a very unusual case
and this could have consequences for the party, said Dickey, before making the dramatic announcement that he and Clark would vote for the censure, ensuring the Texas GOPs repudiation of one of its most powerful elected officials.
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/texas-republican-party-votes-censure-house-speaker-joe-straus/QIMtpKAjuSBRQVMWa5qUUM/
Canoe52
(2,948 posts)What a bunch of assholes!
WhiteTara
(29,715 posts)Censure for not being conservative assholes. How do they wake up in the morning and look in the mirror? Don't they know they covered in shame?
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)I'd also point out that he's had it with where the GOP is going and has retired. This censure accomplishes exactly nothing. These twits did this just to be petty, spiteful, and prove to their bat-guano crazy core constituencies that they're frothing at the mouth just like their voters.
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)Strauss is the only intelligent reasonable Rpublican in Tex. capitol, if not the entire state.