Legislature
The Texas Legislature is bicameral. The House of Representatives has 150 members, while the Senate has 31. The Speaker of the House presides over the House, and the Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate. The Legislature meets in regular session only once every two years. The Legislature cannot call itself into special session; only the governor may call a special session, and may call as many sessions as often as wanted.
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“It seemed monstrous to our intolerant youth that “poor white folksy” men should have an equal right with gentlemen, born and bred, in deciding who should represent the county in the Legislature and the district in Congress.”
—Marion Harland (1830–1922)
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