So this happened today.
VIDEO: Texas House votes 76-4 to send the Sergeant-of-Arms to detain or arrest fleeing members pic.twitter.com/aeScWbXlCn
As Bonchie notes over at sister site Red State, arresting them to bring them back to do their jobs is in accord with the Texas constitution. If memory serves, this was done to deal with the 2003 walkout. Who gets that job? I know who I’d roust out of retirement for it.
Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, also a Democrat, flew up to Washington for the flying weak beer bash for some reason. He can’t vote in the state House. His presence doesn’t make or break a quorum. Perhaps he was checking out new taxpayer-funded storage space for his dubious art collection.
Federal board approves removal of Negro from 16 Texas place names
An aerial view of the Negrohead Lake in Baytown, Texas. Photo: FRANCOIS PICARD/AFP via Getty Images
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names on Thursday unanimously approved several requests to remove Negro from the names of 16 sites in Texas, the Washington Post reports.
Why it matters: The federal board in 1991 denied a similar request after Texas lawmakers passed legislation to rename the sites after Black people who made notable contributions to the state, per the Texas Tribune.
What they re saying: This day has been a long time coming, but I am proud to see this change finally happen, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis said in a statement Thursday, per the Post.
For almost two hours Friday morning, Democratic Houston Area members of Congress spoke about and listened to complaints about the City of Houston and Harris County being left entirely out of any of the FEMA flood mitigation funds allotted by Republican Commissioner George P. Bush and his General Land Office.
The family of the late George Floyd, a black man who died last year in Minneapolis police custody, hosted a commemorative concert in Floyd s hometown of Houston, Texas, Sunday evening.