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Representative Yvonne Davis' Personal Privilege in the Texas House of Representatives. VIDEO (Cue the video to 1:34:00)
Yvonne Davis delivers a personal reveling speech on May 4th in which she blasts what she termed “the current regime” for not placing democratic, or union, bills on the house calendar. In her remarks, Representative Davis scolds republicans, and some democrats, for going along with the leadership’s partisan way of doing business. Following her speech, several representatives voluntarily postpone their bill to another day which ensured that another calendar would be set early in the following week.
Point Of Order called on Texas Republican House Speaker VIDEO (Cue the video to 8:49:00 )
Short of being removed in the middle of the session, May 7th was as bad as it could get for Tom Craddick as speaker. After rumblings all session, beginning with the attempt to depose him in January, the House finally erupted. By a convincing margin, representatives voted to overturn a ruling by Speaker Tom Craddick. The entire revolt started when Craddick ally Rep. Ryan Guillen (D-Rio Grande City) laid out what seemed to be a local bill on the Major State Calendar.