After 24 hours on the floor, the Voter ID bill carried by state Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, passed out of committee with a vote right down party lines, 20-12 (Dewhurst voted). This morning we found Fraser on the House floor, already trying to figure out who will carry the House version of SB 362. (He's hoping it will be Elections Committee Chairman Todd Smith, R-Euless. The sponsor of the 2007 Voter ID bill in the House, state Rep. Betty Brown, R-Terrell, says she has already filed similar legislation.)

Fraser says he feels great after the first Senate all-nighter of the session and successfully passing his bill out of the Committee of the Whole.

State Sen. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay

Fraser spent most Tuesday afternoon answering questions from nearly all of his Senate colleagues. He had trouble in particular hearing the questioning from state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth. In fact, he gave the quote of the day when he said, "Sometimes I have trouble hearing women."

1 Comments

Chris said:

Maybe the liegislators will be so tired from the all nighter they will sleep for the next 82 days and not subject Texans to anymore of their citizen suppression tactics.

March 11, 2009 1:45 PM

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