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With GOP supermajority at risk in 2020, Dan Patrick says Texas Senate may lower threshold to bring bills to the floor

The lieutenant governor said Thursday he may decrease the threshold to a simple majority if Republicans lose one or two seats in November.

Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Senate Parliamentarian Karina Davis on the senate floor. Jan. 9, 2019.

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