Bipartisanship under attack
Texas politics is a harbinger of what is to come or decades behind the UK. Or both. The long tradition of bipartisanship in the Texas House of Representatives, whereby elected Representations in both political parties collaborate to get bills passed, is under attack. The Republicans have dominated Texas politicis since the 1990s. But while their ideology and aspirations have been moderate, and mostly focused on the economy and providing services, in the Texas House of Representatives they worked with Democrats…