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Mary Gonzalez: “Last session we had a super majority of the Republicans.”

Featuring: Mary Gonzalez, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 75

Fronteras 213 Candidate District 75 - Mary Gonzalez

Published May 3, 2012 | Video Starts at 11:58

In your view, what are some things that you can look to begin to do in terms of trying to navigate those waters? Well, I think first is this session. You know, Last session we had a super majority of the Republicans. This session we're actually looking to not have such a supermajority, maybe even back in the 70s. (11:58–12:02)

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Asserts that in the last session, Republicans had a supermajority.

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