Exam 3

TRMPAC

Texans for a Republican Majority or TRMPAC (pronounced "trimpac") is a general-purpose political action committee registered with the Texas Ethics Commission. It was founded in 2001 by former Republican Texas U.S. Rep. and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. TRMPAC was founded on September 5, 2001, with the goal of naming a Republican Speaker in Texas and promoting the Republican party's agenda within the state. John Colyandro was selected by Jim Ellis and Tom DeLay (R-Texas) to be executive director. Colyandro selected Dallas businessman Bill Ceverha as treasurer.[1]

Demise of conservative southern Democrats

'60s and '70s: Democratic Smother. (they are doing the smothering)~~~~~~~ Majority of white southerners (Deep South) voted for Goldwater in 1964. Why did it take the South 30 years to elect a Repub majority of southern US & House members? Popularity of longtime Dem incumbents, conservative ideology, seniority (bring home the bacon), Dem control of Congress, Dem party ID advantage in electorate, increasing attention to black needs by Dems. Many state, regional, & local interests at stake. Controlled house for 30 years - '64 to '94. → southern Democrats often "revolted" against the more liberal, national Democratic position. Black voters become an important part of the Democratic coalition. → Most southern Dems voted against Voting Rights Act renewal in '70, but for in '75 and '82. (Peripheral South reps were faster to vote for it) → Dems built black & white coalitions, while Republicans relied on white majority. → By becoming the party of Goldwater, Republicans wrote off black Southern vote at the very time it was increasing. Goldwater viewed as anti-civil rights etc; represents the divergence of race views between the two parties (officially).

Jim Turner

, American politician, was the Democratic representative for the Texas 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 until 2005.

Martin Frost (its frosty i Dallas=Dem)

American politician, who was the Democratic representative to the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas's 24th congressional district from 1979 to 2005. Due to his strong fundraising ability for fellow Democrats,[8] and the fact that he led the 1991 redistricting in Texas, he was one of the targets of a controversial mid-decade redistricting engineered by then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.[9] His district, which included portions of Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington, was redrawn to be much more Republican

Republican success in Peripheral vs. Deep South since 1960s

Repub breakthroughs come first in the Peripheral South, b/c black % of the population is smaller & there is more urbanization, greater economic & social diversity. Deep South turned Republican mostly after 2000.

Barry Goldwater

Republican candidate for President in 1964, and initial leader of the conservative movement

Lloyd(siinger is Austin) Doggett

an American attorney and politician who is a U.S. Representative from Texas. A member of the Democratic Party, he has represented a district based in the state capital and his hometown, Austin, since 1995, currently numbered as Texas's 35th congressional district. Doggett received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law.

John Whitmire ( i was whitty at 15)

an American attorney and politician who is the longest-serving of current members of the Texas State Senate representing District 15, which includes much of northern Houston, since 1983. His tenure earns him the title of Dean of the Senate. Previously he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 through 1982. He also served as the Acting Governor of Texas in 1993[3] as part of the Governor for A Day tradition.

Phil Gramm (Pablo Gram switched up)

an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both houses of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. In Congress, Gramm sponsored major acts of financial deregulation.

Bill Frist (saving lives first, they use them FRIST IN TENN)

an American physician, businessman, and politician. He began his career as a heart and lung transplant surgeon. He later served two terms as a Republican United States Senator representing Tennessee. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2003 to 2007.

Jesse Helms (GO TO HELL)

an American politician and a leader in the conservative movement. He was elected five times as a Republican to the United States Senate from North Carolina. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001 he had a major voice in foreign policy. Helms helped organize and fund the conservative resurgence in the 1970s, focusing on Ronald Reagan's quest for the White House as well as helping many local and regional candidates.

Trent Lott (I'm gone Miss these times a lot, but **** it)(a lt of d ridng)

an American politician and author. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He entered Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. He became Senate Majority Leader, then fell from power after praising Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.

Howard Baker (all mfs like to get baked damn!)

an American politician and diplomat who served as a Republican United States Senator from Tennessee and Senate Majority Leader. Baker later served as White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan. Known in Washington, D.C., as the "Great Conciliator", Baker was often regarded as one of the most successful senators in terms of brokering compromises, enacting legislation and maintaining civility. Baker was a moderate conservative who was also respected enormously by most of his Democratic colleagues

Leticia Van de Putte(Lebron plus big 3)

an American politician from San Antonio, Texas. She represented the 26th District in the Texas Senate from 1999-2015. From 1991 to 1999, Van de Putte was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor but lost the general election, 58-38 percent, to her Republican senatorial colleague, Dan Patrick of Houston

Nick Lampson

an American politician from the state of Texas and was a Congressman representing the 22nd Congressional District and the 9th Congressional District of Texas. Lampson was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 9th congressional district from 1997 to 2005. After an extremely controversial mid-decade redistricting, he lost his congressional seat in 2004. In 2006, he was elected to Congress to represent the 22nd district, which had recently been a strongly Republican district,

Thad Cochran (I MISS YOU THAD)

an American politician of the Republican Party who served as a United States Senator from Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. He served as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2005 to 2007, and again from 2015 until his retirement in 2018. He also chaired the Senate Agriculture Committee from 2003 to 2005. Cochran won re-election to a seventh term in 2014 after defeating Chris McDaniel in a close primary run-off election.[1][2] He resigned from the Senate on April 1, 2018 for health reasons

Richard Shelby (Switcher, Shelby swiching ass beoych)

an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. He also serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee and the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. n 1994, the day after the Republican Revolution in which the GOP gained the majority in Congress midway through President Bill Clinton's first term, Shelby switched party affiliations and became a Republican. Shelby was re-elected by a large margin in 1998 and has faced no significant electoral opposition since. He is currently the dean of the Alabama delegation.

Gene Green

an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Texas's 29th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district includes most of eastern Houston, along with large portions of Houston's eastern suburbs. In November 2017, Green announced that he would retire from Congress at the end of his current term, and not run for re-election in 2018.

Ralph Hall (switching halls every time i walk through)

an American politician who served as the United States Representative for Texas's 4th congressional district from 1981 to 2015. He was first elected in 1980, and was the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology from 2011 to 2013. He was also a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. In 2004, he switched to the Republican Party after having been a member of the Democratic Party for more than 50 years. At 91, he was the oldest serving member of Congress at the end of his last term in office, the oldest person to ever serve in the House of Representatives, the oldest person ever elected to a House term and the oldest House member ever to cast a vote, and the last member of Congress from the G.I. Generation. He and Michigan Congressman John Dingell[2] were the last two World War II veterans serving in Congress.[3]

Strom Thurmond

an American politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Democrat and, after 1964, as a Republican. A magnet for controversy during his nearly half-century Senate career, Thurmond switched parties because of his disaffection with the support for civil rights of the national Democratic party, and his support for the conservatism of the Republican presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater. In the months before switching, he had "been critical of the Democratic Administration for ... enactment of the Civil Rights Law",[2] while Goldwater "boasted of his opposition to the Civil Rights Act, and made it part of his platform."[3] Thurmond left office as the only member of either chamber of Congress to reach the age of 100 while still in office, and as the oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U.S. history. In opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, he conducted the longest filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, nonstop. In the 1960s, he opposed the civil rights legislation of 1964 and 1965 to end segregation and enforce the constitutional rights of African-American citizens, including basic suffrage. He insisted he was not a racist, but was opposed to excessive federal authority, which he attributed to Communist agitators

Mary Landrieu (Landrieu=Louisiana, great person)

an American politician, entrepreneur, and former U.S. Senator from the state of Louisiana. She is a member of the Democratic Party. came to national attention in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 after she publicly criticized the federal response to the natural disaster. Her opposition to the public option played a major role in the crafting of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as she did not agree to support it until additional concessions were granted to support Louisiana's Medicaid system. In 2011, she became a cardinal (chair) of the Senate's Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. She chaired the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship from 2009 to 2014, and chaired the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 2014 to 2015.

Al Green (I'm so in love w houston)

an Black American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 9th congressional district since 2005. The district includes most of southwestern Houston, including most of that city's share of Fort Bend County. It also includes most of Missouri City. Green is a member of the Democratic Party.

Sheila Jackson Lee (in houston they jck *****s)

an Black American politician. She is currently the U.S. Representative for Texas's 18th congressional district, serving since 1995. The district includes most of central Houston. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Kay Bailey Hutchison(kay was first but ftb)

is an American lawyer, businesswoman, politician, and diplomat who is currently serving as the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO. She served as a United States Senator from Texas from 1993 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party. Texas's first female U.S. Senator, Hutchison also became the first Texas U.S. Senator to receive more than four million votes in a single election

Connie Mack (h'es a mack, inna bad way)

the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 14th congressional district, serving from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican nominee for Senate in 2012, but lost to Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.[1] He subsequently began a career in lobbying and currently represents Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, among others.[2] Mack, born in Fort Myers, Florida, is the son of former Republican U.S. Senator Connie Mack III.

Fred Thompson (We looked up a list of actors named fred lol, but **** fred.Thompson=Tenn)

was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, film and television actor, and radio host. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, and was a GOP presidential candidate in 2008.

Texas Ethics Commission

was established in 1991 to "provide guidance on various public ethics laws" within the state of Texas. The agency is headquartered on the 10th Floor of the Sam Houston State Office Building at 201 East 14th Street in Downtown Austin.[1][2] It was created by a state constitutional amendment voted on by the voters on November 5, 1991, Article III, Section 24a, and assumed the duties of the Texas Ethics Advisory Commission.[3] It consists of eight members and legislators are excluded from serving. Four members are appointed by the Governor, two by the Lt. Governor, and two by the Speaker of the House. Appointees must be selected equally from lists recommended by the Republican and Democratic members in the Texas House and Senate. By the constitution, the ethics commission recommends the salaries and per diem of members of the Texas Legislature, the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.[4]

John Tower (first time was inna tower, Iran Contra=Tower)

was the first Republican United States Senator from Texas since Reconstruction. He also led the Tower Commission, which investigated the Iran-Contra Affair. staunchly opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Starting in 1976, Tower began to alienate many conservatives. He supported Gerald Ford rather than Ronald Reagan in the 1976 Republican primaries, supported legalized abortion, and opposed President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.

First Republican Senators in the South

John Tower, Texas: First elected in special election in 1961, stayed on until 1984. Elected 4 times, many see him as the godfather of the Repub party. Hardline conservative who opposed Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act. Gramm, Texas: First elected 1984 (successor to Tower). Former Democratic congressman who switched to Repub during Reagan's first term. Defeated Lloyd Doggett. 3 terms, econ professor from A&M. Retired after 2002 Thurmond, South Carolina: First elected as a Dem in 1954, switched in 1964 to support Goldwater & became a Repub. Was in office for ~72 years. Pioneered the conservative break from the Democrats. Very helpful to Nixon in winning Presidency in 1968. Baker, Tennessee: First elected 1966. From one of the very few historically Repub areas of the South. Senate majority leader under Reagan. Retired 1984. Eventually brought back as Chief of Staff during Iran-Contra scandal. Helms, N.C.: First elected 1972. Staunch segregationist, obstructionist; "Senator No". Extremely polarizing, but with rock-solid conservative white supporters (like Trump). Retired 2003 Warner, Virginia: First elected 1978. One of the thirteen husbands of Elizabeth Taylor. Gave special attention to the Navy. Retired 2009 Cochran, Mississippi: First elected 1978. Grew up Democrat, but became Republican after passage of 1964 Civil Rights Act. The "Quiet Persuader." Retired 2018 Trent Lott, Mississippi: First elected 1988. Most remembered for making an admiring remark about Strom Thurmond & being fired as Senate Majority leader. Retired 2007. Connie Mack, FL:First elected 1988. Pledged to be more than an ideologue. Retired 2000.

David Dewhurst (Litininat Dayann)

\ is an American politician, businessman, and attorney who served as the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Texas, serving from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Texas Land Commissioner from 1999 to 2003. Dewhurst was a candidate in 2012 for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, but he lost his party's runoff election to former Solicitor General Ted Cruz, who went on to win the general election. Dewhurst was a candidate for a fourth four-year term in the Republican runoff election held on May 27, 2014. He was handily unseated by his intraparty rival and fellow Houstonian State Senator Dan Patrick who also led the primary balloting with 550,769 votes (41.5 percent). Dewhurst trailed with 376,196 votes (28.3 percent). Eliminated in the primary were Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Todd Staples with 235,981 votes (17.8 percent) and Texas Land Commissioner Jerry E. Patterson with 165,787 (12.5 percent).[3] Patterson had succeeded Dewhurst as land commissioner in 2002 when Dewhurst was first elected as lieutenant governor. On a night of "embarrassingly low"[4] voter turnout (approximately 4% of registered voters), the incumbent finished with only 262,086 votes (34.9 percent), compared to Patrick's 487,829 (65.1 percent).[5]

Charles Stenholm (uncle charles was a great man, Stenhlm=Sig Alpha E)

a Democratic Party politician from the State of Texas. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 13 terms, from 1979 to 2005. Stenholm was born in Stamford, Texas, near Abilene and he graduated from Texas Tech University — with a B.S. (1961) and an M.S. (1962) in Agriculture Education (1961). He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He has operated a cotton farm in Stamford for many years, and also worked as a vocational teacher.

Kenneth Armbrister ( i meant Kenny at 18)

a Democratic member of the Texas Senate representing the 18th District from 1987 to 2007. Armbrister was a Victoria, Texas police captain, and the vice president of the Victoria School Board when first elected as a Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives in 1983. After two terms in the house, he was elected to the Texas Senate in 1986, representing the 18th Senatorial District, which encompasses 18 counties and a portion of Fort Bend County in southeast Texas. During most of his time in the senate, Armbrister served on the senate committees on Natural Resources (chair, 2003-2005) and State Affairs (chair, 1993-1997). He authored the 1993 legislation that created the Edwards Aquifer Authority affecting a 16-county area of South Texas, and he later served on the Joint Committee on Oversight of the Edwards Aquifer (co-chair, 2003-2005), as well as on other water-related committees. He was named to the Texas Water Advisory Council in 2001 by Lt. Governor David Dewhurst. From 2003 to 2006 he was a member of the senate committees on Business and Commerce, and on Health and Human Services, and he served on the Transportation and Homeland Security committee from 2005 to 2006. Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Senator Armbrister to the Task Force on Homeland Security in 2001, and to the Governor's Anti-Crime Commission in 2002.

Eddie Lucio (Lucy gone get me at 27)

a Democratic member of the Texas Senate, having represented the 27th District since 1991.

Bill Ratliff ( Bubahh eats rats)

a Texas politician who served as a member of the Texas State Senate from 1988 to 2004. Between 2000 and 2003 he served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Texas, after previous Lieutenant Governor Rick Perry succeeded to the governorship to replace George W. Bush who resigned to become President of the United StatesRatliff is regarded as a moderate;[3] he stated in an interview, "I am a Republican because I agree with the Republicans at least 51 percent of the time."[2] He has taken bipartisan stands on a number of issues. While in the Texas Senate, he supported controversial reforms that transferred funds from richer to poorer school districts for more equitable funding.[4] He also argued in favor of "patients' rights" in medical malpractice cases during a debate on tort reform, and in 2003 criticized other members of the State Senate for failing to raise taxes in order to prevent large budget cut

Pete Laney (Paved his own lane, lead his own house,)

a U. S. Democratic Party politician from West Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 to 2007. A resident of Hale Center, near Plainview in Hale County, Laney served as House Speaker from 1993 to 2003

John Warner (rolling stones, warned you ab them)

a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009. He currently works for the law firm of Hogan Lovells, where he had previously worked before joining the United States Department of Defense as the Under Secretary of the Navy during the presidency of Richard Nixon in 1969. Warner was the sixth husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor, whom he married before being elected to the Senate. He is a veteran of the Second World War and Korean War, and was one of five World War II veterans serving in the Senate at the time of his retirement.[1] He did not seek reelection in 2008.

Henry Bonilla

a former congressman who represented Texas's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He was defeated in his bid for re-election by Ciro Davis Rodriguez, a former Democratic member of Congress, in a special election runoff held on December 12, 2006. His term expired January 3, 2007 when the 110th Congress officially bega. Hes rep

Two-thirds rule

a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832-1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate. It was plain that under the two-thirds rule no nomination could be made here.

Eddie Bernice Johnson

a politician from the state of Texas, currently representing Texas's 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Serving as a representative since 1993, when she was the first registered nurse elected to Congress.

1965 Voting Rights Act

ended literacy tests and poll taxes; allowed officers to register voters

Chris Bell (rem hes dem)

is an American politician, attorney, and former journalist. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law. Bell served five years on the Houston City Council from 1997 to 2001, followed by one term in the United States House of Representatives from Texas' 25th Congressional District in Houston from 2003 to 2005. He was then the Democratic nominee in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas, losing to Republican incumbent Gov. Rick Perry by 406,450 votes (Perry 39% versus Bell 30%) in a fractured general election campaign that also drew in two significant independent challengers. Bell, a member of the Democratic Party, is currently an attorney specializing in many forms of litigation, including commercial disputes, copyright infringement, and securities disputes.[1] Prior to practicing law, Bell had been a prominent radio journalist in Texas. On January 25, 2015, he announced his candidacy for the non-partisan position of mayor of Houston

Tom Craddick (crackhead yu gone be til u 82. You talk to much so you a speaker, first)

member of the Texas House of Representatives representing the 82nd district. Craddick was Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from January 2003 to January 2009. He was the first Republican to have served as Speaker since Reconstruction. Craddick resides in Midland, the largest city in his district. Craddick was first elected in 1968 at the age of twenty-five. By 2012, he was the longest-serving member of the Texas state legislature and the second-longest-serving representative in the history of the state.

1964 Civil Rights Act

outlawed segregation in public places; banned discrimination in employment