God Save Texas: A Journey Into The Soul Of The Lone Star State - Plot & Excerpts
Each desk has a small round panel of buttons for casting votes. The accompanying brown leather, high-back recliners also have the seal emblazoned on them. When you sit, there is an exhalation as the cushion adjusts; one lawmaker told me that a colleague taped over the vents on the back of the chair in front of him to keep the gust from mussing his hair.In the center of the chamber is a wide aisle with a lectern and microphone at each end, where members present and question bills. The rostrum dominates the back of the chamber. There are three chairs on the platform; one for the Speaker in the center; one for the parliamentarian, and another for supplicants to come whisper in the Speaker’s ear. Directly behind the rostrum is a shrine: two white columns, with velvet bunting draped between them, enclosing a silk flag that was carried in the Battle of San Jacinto. It features Lady Liberty holding a cutlass, which is draped with a banner saying LIBERTY OR DEATH. The original battle flag is only displayed while the legislature is in session; at other times, a reproduction takes its place.
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