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Sen. Charles Perry forces vote; Texas Senate passes HB 4 after dispute over campaign email tied to filibuster
Summary
Sen. Charles Perry accused Sen. Carol Alvarado of using a campaign email to promote her filibuster as a fundraising event, moved the previous question under Senate Rule 6.09, and the Senate subsequently voted to pass House Bill 4. The transcript records no on-floor rebuttal from Alvarado.
The Texas Senate moved to end debate and passed House Bill 4 after a floor dispute over a campaign email tied to a filibuster.
Sen. Charles Perry, speaking on the floor, said colleagues discovered a campaign email he said had been sent around 3:00 p.m. promoting Sen. Carol Alvarado’s filibuster as a campaign-fundraising event. Perry said the email and the use of Senate time and resources for campaign purposes were "highly offensive to the body" and "potentially unlawful," and he read passages from the message into the record. Perry told…
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