The Five-Ninths Rule

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Dan Patrick spent a decade lowering the bar to bring bills to the Senate floor, and his own 'law and order' priorities still died.

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Chapters: 0:00 The Scroll-Stopper 2:02 The Mechanism 5:49 The Despin 8:19 The Second Despin 9:57 The Steelman Corner 11:43 The Numbers 12:40 The Special Comment 13:29 The Wall + Close

Short cuts

part · 131s

I am recommending lowering the number of votes needed to bring a bill to the floor to 18.

part · 132s

Every bill in the Texas Senate starts the same way. It sits on a calendar.

part · 120s

The floor-vote threshold decides which bills ever get debated. Not passed. Debated.

part · 162s

Texas Senate changes majority rules to benefit Republicans.

part · 175s

Now, the steelman. Patrick's strongest case, in his own words.

aspire · 43s

Nineteen votes became eighteen. Five-ninths of the chamber.

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