From the Texas Tribune:
In a party-line vote, the Texas Senate adopted its rules today without making any changes to the rule that requires the consent of two-thirds of the body in order to bring an issue to the floor. Of course, no change means that controversial legislation on voter ID — as it was last session — is exempt.
This has been controversial because though Republicans have a comfortable majority in the Senate, they don't have a 2/3rds majority. Democrats still have the ability to stop legislation, except now for Voter ID legislation.
