Texas Gov. Abbott Releases His Special Session
Agenda. Here It Is.

I missed the part about electricity problems, the authority of the Governor to declare emergencies forever, and election fraud in our major cities, including Harris County.

Exactly right #1. Also these powerful offices across the state are not necessarily elected in their own right. Agency heads are way too powerful and lack necessary legislative oversight. E.g., the republican majority legislature and the Texas Public Utility Commission will never be held accountable for the winter storm screw-up.

One of the most important things a Texas Governor can do is to SET THE AGENDA for a Special Session-- The regular legislative session did not take care of the issues it was tasked with and dilly dallied until time was up. Governor Abbott had "legislative priorities" he wanted action taken on, so did the Lt. Governor, so did the Speaker, and the grassroots delegates to the Republican Party of Texas had theirs, and in many cases they were not all the same issues. There is a saying that "to the Victor belong the spoils", but since RINO (votes like a Demonrat) Joe Strauss was the Speaker, Dems have been allowed to share power by being named CHAIRs of committees which allows them to keep potential bills from ever coming out of committees, being assigned to the Calendars committee where it can be further stalled and not heard, and that causes bills NOT to be voted upon. Bills have to be voted upon THREE TIMES, and then sent to the Texas Senate to be voted upon THREE TIMES and if necessary, put in a combined conference committee to get a final bill to be voted upon before ending up on the Governor's desk. The process is very slow, and very deliberate. Everyone wants to blame this person or that person, or think that things would be hunky dorey IF so-and-so was primaried or replaced by this person or that person who is a leader who will move things along.... ONLY those issues that Governor Abbott indicated will be part of the Special Session, and another will be called to work out the redistricting of the voting districts which will require TWO new Congressional districts to be created. The demonrats "walked out" of the regular session at the end to deny a quorum, and in the past have taken vacations in Albuquerque and Oklahoma to AVOID being present to vote. Ultimately, each of Governor Abbott's issues will pass because the Republicans hold the majority of the votes. What the legislation will look like is up to the legislators. He knew that with all the Dem committee chairs which Speaker Phelan selected that the regular session would not do its job.

Also missing is the gender mutilation of minors, either surgically or chemically. Huge case in TX right now with a mentally unstable mother forcing gender reassignment on her 8 year old son against the wishes of the child and the father. It's a horror story. Save James Younger!!!

I don't seem to see any mention of the voting fraud case the Texas AG brought to the SCOTUS last December and CJ Robert's claim that the case had no standing.

#2, what was the screwup? That was a pretty serious storm.

I read the term "RINO" throughout so many articles. After seeing so much LACKLUSTER legislating, I now prefer the term, GELDING!!

#6, the utility companies had been receiving regular technical improvement recommendations for maintenance upgrades relating to severe weather events. ERCOT is overseen by the legislature and the Texas Public Utilities Commission. The utilities companies always got their way as in these improvements were never implemented. This is well documented after the storm hit. The governor took one for the team by saying it was his fault, but these problems have a history before Abbott was governor. Our water suppliers were not well prepared either. It took community volunteers to get water going again, which is a nice feel good effort. But this also shows in some cases the system is bare minimum during severe weather. And oh, BTW, wind turbines are going up all around us. IMO not a good omen.

I'm reading the posts here and it's pretty sad. What Abbott has proposed actually has a good chance to get most of it passed. What many of you are suggesting have little to no chance of getting passed, would immediately be squashed by some lie-beral federal appeals judge, and would stop these other things from getting done. There is only so much time in a special session, and I see Abbott going for some important things that have great chances to become law in Texas. Politics is a game -- and an incredibly nasty one at that. There are many things I would love to see addressed and done in Texas, but I also understand that the forces of evil will never allow them to happen. So if Abbott can get these things done, I will be happy with that.

CRT: ''Legislation relating to a House bill'. I'm too lazy to google it, but I wish the agenda item was specific in it's prohibition of CRT.

As a newcomer to Texas, much of what I've seen over the past year-plus was pitiful. It started when the Governor tried closing the border between Texas and ... Louisiana to stop COVIDS. And it went downhill from there. Abbott is playing the part of Rick Perry, who was playing the part of Dubya. Talk tough, do "tough stuff" and bask in the praise of (mostly) native Texans. Charles Durning had the role pegged in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas". Abbott has problems, and they now start with primary challenger Allan West, who's going to slam-bang until the votes are cast. Hate to say, that recipe is getting thinner, diluted by "immigrants", domestic and international. My county was once the Reddest in the Land, and now it is minority majority, with the largest minority Asians, followed by Hispanics, whites and blacks. "American values" and icons are meaningless to emigre families from India, "Persia", UAE, China, Ghana, Ethiopia, or most other places. Conservative appeals wrapped in Christianity don't sell to Muslims, Buddhists, Confucians or other "mainstream" religions or philosophies. Ten-gallon hats and six-shooters similarly have no appeal as political props. Politics is changing. There are opportunities for conservatives. The question is whether the state and local parties are willing to change and take advantage, and candidates/activists to do the "missionary work."

This is interesting... so the power of the governor is absolute when it comes to the "special session"...eh?..well then let's finish the wall to secure the safety of Texas...sounds simple to me...

Best wishes to Texas. Any chance of stopping the windmill/solar fraud power shortage insanity?

#8, The Texas legislature de-regulated the power production in Texas back in 1999-2000 and there is no remedy for where we are unless that part of the electric utility business is re-regulated.

To add to one other poster's explanation of what went wrong. ERCOT was composed of foreigners instead of Texans. They came from other states and some probably enjoyed the problems they caused. As to "newcomers to Texas" complaining about our government here, if they don't like it, they can leave again. Newcomers are the biggest part of the problem. This includes those wanting government to nurse-maid them, to just being more people to get power to. We didn't plan on, or particularly want a lot of these people invading. Not all the invaders come across the southern border.

#13, I think the chances are slim to none. They are going up all around us. There are too many incentives to land owners, school districts, and of course, jobs, jobs, jobs. The jobs thing is a farce though. Most of the jobs are filled by out of state employees who travel from site to site. Once the job is done here, they'll move on to another location. The same for solar farms. The roads have been nearly destroyed by heavy construction equipment rolling on county roads that at best are less than two lanes wide. TxDot cannot keep up on repairs and likely the real work will be done once the construction crews finish and move on. This is like a science fiction movie. One day we look at a nice rural landscape, and the next day one of these things is rising above the treeline, like the machines of War of the Worlds. Not good.