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We oppose the Rosebush-Blocker rule in the Texas Senate.
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This is shortsighted.

In requiring a 2/3 vote to send legislation to the floor, the Rosebush "Blocker" Rule is a check against a thin majority causing extreme changes. The problem is not the rule, it is that the Republicans only have a thin majority.

The right solution is not changing major rules for temporary gain. That should distinguish us from Democrats (case in point: Democrats change Massachusetts special election law to ensure Democrat senator). Also, this rule could come in handy if--God forbid--Republicans lose their majority.

The right solution is a better Republican majority. And that cannot happen without a better platform.

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Restoring American Sovereignty and Leadership > Domestic > Homeland Security
We urge the Homeland Security Department to strengthen intelligence gathering, enhance inter-agency intelligence sharing, protect high profile targets from terrorists, enhance airport and port-of-entry security, use random selection and terrorist profiling in searching individuals, and authorize the Navy and Coast Guard to board and search vessels entering U.S. waters from foreign ports.We urge the Homeland Security Department to strengthen our national intelligence gathering; further enhance inter-agency coordination of intelligence; pass critical information on to local and state agencies; protect constitutional rights of all citizens; provide adequate protection of high profile targets for terrorists; enhance airport and port-of-entry security; use random selection and terrorist profiling in searching individuals; provide for armed guards and pilots on commercial aircraft; authorize the Navy and Coast Guard to board and search vessels entering U.S. waters from foreign ports. We further urge Congress to provide expert training of airline pilots for protection against terrorist attack.
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Armed guards and pilots on aircraft is a statutory issue.

"Expert" connotes an insurpassible level of experience; airline pilots can and do have some training, but expertise is too much, especially in the limited context of what pilots can accomplish midair. Pilots need to be experts at flying; security needs to be experts at stopping terrorism.

Protecting Constitutional rights is an inherent duty of all government officials, not just Homeland Security.

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