All posts tagged "Dan Patrick"
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Texas Republicans want to allow anyone with a license to deny sevice to LGBTQ people
People in hundreds of professions across the state would be protected from legal action if they discriminate
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Texas’ Lt. Governor claims victory despite failure of anti-trans “bathroom bill”
Dan Patrick was a chief proponent of a bill requiring people to use restrooms that match their biological sex at birth
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Texas business group will continue to oppose bathroom bill legislation
Republicans who supported bathroom bill and sanctuary cities bill took hits in pro-business group's lawmaker ratings
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Texas bathroom bill defeated as special session wraps up
LGBTQ groups are breathing a sigh of relief as Texas legislators adjourned their special legislative session without approving a bill that would police which restrooms...
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Texas businesswomen say they’re not props for anti-trans bathroom bill
–Casandra Matej, CEO of Visit San Antonio, speaking at a rally outside the Texas Capitol opposing a trio of proposed “bathroom bills” that would strictly...
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Texas CEOs write letter to Republican leaders opposing bathroom bill
Letter sent to governor and other lawmakers before a vote on bathroom bill
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Bathroom bill rears its head amid Texas political showdown
At this point, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) is the only obstacle preventing the Lone Star State from passing a North Carolina-style law...
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Texas governor calls special session, reviving anti-trans bathroom bill
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called a special legislative session designed to force Lone Star State lawmakers to pass a slew of 20 bills, including a...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott mulling special legislative session
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said he plans to announce later this week whether he will call a special legislative session that would keep lawmakers...
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Texas lawmakers pass adoption bill and anti-gay bathroom amendment
Texas lawmakers have passed two measures that will allow discrimination against LGBTQ people: a “conscience clause” bill relating to adoption, and an amendment that restricts transgender...
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Texas Lt. Governor threatens to force special session if House doesn’t pass “bathroom bill”
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is threatening to force the Texas legislature to convene for a special summer session if House Speaker Joe Straus doesn’t...
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Texas House Speaker: Bathroom bill “manufactured and unnecessary”
A bill that seeks to restrict which restrooms transgender people in Texas can access seems destined for the scrap heap, if comments from the state’s powerful...
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Texas Senate passes anti-transgender bathroom bill
Bill now heads to Texas House, where its future is less certain
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Ad opposing Texas bathroom bill tells people to “pee with LGBT”
Ad warns Texans of backlash that North Carolina faced after it passed the controversial anti-LGBTQ HB 2 law
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Opponents of anti-trans bathroom bill unleash fury on Texas Lt. Governor
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) is under siege from a deluge of phone calls, emails or letters opposing his pet project, the so-called “Texas...
