Texas voter ID bill dead?

Or, so says Texas House Democratic leader Jim Dunnam, calling on the House GOP to accept that fact and move on.

That said, this shows what a difference a new Speaker can make. If we still had Kid Craddock in place instead of Joe Straus, he'd probably have Dunnam staked to an anthill or something.

Of course, the first graf is true only if the House does not suspend its rules for consideration of Senate bills: Dunnam saidthat's likely, but voter ID still won't make it past a load of other bills.

Unless...

Straus allows the GOP to "call the question" on bill after bill. Dems hope that isn't the case, but want more assurance.

Update: The demise of Voter ID now seems official, barring one more possible hurdle: Lil Ricky Perry calling a special session, as he’s threatening, if the Lege doesn’t pass a windstorm bill.