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The 89th Texas Legislature: GOP Goals, Democratic Dilemmas, and Power Plays
Manage episode 485824575 series 1413138
This week in politics on Party Politics, hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the dynamics shaping the 89th Texas Legislature, if the state’s top Republican leaders—Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Dustin Burrow— are working together, or working around each other, the overlap—and tensions—between Texas’ executive and legislative branches, the core values driving the Texas GOP this session, controversial bans being pushed by Republicans—and the political risks they carry, why dysfunction is brewing inside the Texas Democratic Party and what it all means for Texans as laws are made (or stalled) under the dome in Austin.
TEXAS TOPICS
An overview of the 89th Legislature
Overlap between the Texas Speaker of the House, Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Are the branches of Texas government aligned?
What is the core value of the Republican party in Texas.
Texas GOP bans plans several bans, could there be issues later?
Dysfunction in the Democratic Party.
In addition to YouTube, Party Politics airs every Friday night at 8:00 p.m. CT on Houston Public Media TV-8 (PBS), or listen every Friday at 7:30 p.m. CT on News 88.7. The audio podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you get your podcasts).
337 episodes
Manage episode 485824575 series 1413138
This week in politics on Party Politics, hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina discuss the dynamics shaping the 89th Texas Legislature, if the state’s top Republican leaders—Governor Greg Abbott, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, and House Speaker Dustin Burrow— are working together, or working around each other, the overlap—and tensions—between Texas’ executive and legislative branches, the core values driving the Texas GOP this session, controversial bans being pushed by Republicans—and the political risks they carry, why dysfunction is brewing inside the Texas Democratic Party and what it all means for Texans as laws are made (or stalled) under the dome in Austin.
TEXAS TOPICS
An overview of the 89th Legislature
Overlap between the Texas Speaker of the House, Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
Are the branches of Texas government aligned?
What is the core value of the Republican party in Texas.
Texas GOP bans plans several bans, could there be issues later?
Dysfunction in the Democratic Party.
In addition to YouTube, Party Politics airs every Friday night at 8:00 p.m. CT on Houston Public Media TV-8 (PBS), or listen every Friday at 7:30 p.m. CT on News 88.7. The audio podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you get your podcasts).
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