Does the Increase in Partisanship Put the Minority Party at a Bigger

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Essay

Does the increase in partisanship put the minority party at a bigger disadvantage when it comes to influencing legislation? Do the Texas legislature's presiding officers have too much power?

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Definitions:

Malignancies

The presence of cancerous cells that have the ability to invade and destroy healthy tissue.

Negative Tendency

The inclination towards pessimistic or adverse thoughts, attitudes, or outcomes.

Adaptive Tendency

The innate or learned ability to change or adjust one's behavior or thinking in response to changing circumstances or environments.

Neuroses

A mental health condition characterized by emotional distress but not by gross distortion of reality.