About this episode

The episode discusses a new strategy by Texas Democrats to counter Republican legislation through cross-state coalitions, featuring insights from Rep. Gene Wu, Rep. Jon Rosenthal, and Senator Paul Bettencourt.

In the June 28 episode, Rep. Gene Wu talks a newly launched effort by house Democrats to build cross-state legislative coalitions across the American South to counter Republican legislation. Rep. John Rosenthal lays out his qualifications for the railroad commission, and Senator Bettencourt looks back at the legislative aftermath of the devastating Hill Country flash floods.

People in this episode

Guests: Gene Wu, Paul Bettencourt, Jon Rosenthal

Topics covered

• Texas politics
• legislative coalitions
• Democratic strategy
• Republican legislation
• railroad commission
• flood aftermath

Keywords

• Texas
• politics
• Democrats
• Republicans
• legislation
• coalitions
• floods
• railroad commission

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: house Democrats

Places: American South

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