Democrats are trying to decide right now whether to bring forth an ammendment in the House rules that would prevent any bill passed through the Senate without the 2/3rds rules (voter ID) not be allowed on the House floor until the budget has been passed. Since the budget usually gets passed in the last days of session, this would essentially kill voter ID once again from being passed. Apparently, the big hold up is the Dems don’t want the media to portray this as a “House rebellion” and portray Speaker Straus as already losing control of the House.

Rep. Dunnam explained the fear on behalf of members by alluding to the former Speaker’s control of the House. “It’s like we just got out of Abu Ghraib,” he said. “After six years, we’re finally seeing the light and we’re still confused and scared of what to do next.”