Democrats give Perry an earful in D.C. meeting
Web Posted: 01/19/2007 06:25 PM CST
Gary Martin
Express-News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Texas Democrats scolded Gov. Rick Perry on Friday over the mid-decade redistricting plan that eliminated senior lawmakers and drove a partisan wedge into the state's congressional delegation.
Democrats used a private Capitol Hill meeting to vent their lingering frustration with Perry, who called three special sessions in 2003 to win approval of a GOP-friendly redistricting plan that has stripped the state of clout in a Democrat-controlled Congress.
“There are still a lot of hard feelings,” said Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, who attended the 8 a.m. meeting with Perry.
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Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Houston, told Perry that redistricting tore the entire congressional delegation apart.
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Rep. Sylvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, said Democrats called Perry to the meeting to “repair the severe damage wrought in recent years by three unprecedented special sessions.”
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