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3. The Texas Legislature

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Guide to Texas Legislative Information: http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/pubslegref/gtli.pdf

Texas Legislature online: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us

Lieutenant Governors of Texas: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/ltgov.html

Henderson, Jim, and Dave McNeely. Bob Bullock: God Bless Texas (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008)

Legislative Reference Library’s Speakers of the Texas House: http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/leaders/speakerbio.html

Brief biography of former Texas Speaker of the House Bill Clayton, 1975-1983: http://www.cah.utexas.edu/projects/speakers_clayton.php

Online Tribute to Barbara Jordan with links: http://www.elf.net/bjordan

Bickerstaff, Steve. Lines in the Sand: Congressional Redistricting in Texas and the Downfall of Tom Delay (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007)

Jones, Nancy Baker, and Ruthe Winegarten. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000)

Navarro, Sharon Ann. Latina Legislator: Leticia de Putte and the Road to Leadership (College Station: Texas A&M Press, 2008)

Text of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: http://www.historicaldocuments.com/VotingRightsActof1965.htm

Hunt v. Cromartie (1999) from findlaw.com

Heard, Robert. The Killer Bees of Texas: 12 Senators Who Changed Texas Politics (Bakerstown, Pa.: Honey Hill Press, 1981)

 

 
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