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Texas Government Power

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The state of Texas has grudge against authority. In fact, there’s general distrust against the government. Texas constantly limits the governor’s power, which makes him one of the weakest governors compared to other states. The plural executive system of Texas takes away power from the Governor. However, this doesn’t detain the governor from playing a vital legislative role.
The plural executive branch in Texas limits the Power of the Governor by dividing the responsibilities he has into various elected officials. In fact, these elected officials “do not have to answer to the Governor, nor do they work together as a cabinet in the way that executive officials serve the U.S. President.” (Texas Politics). This creates a difficult environment to work; sometimes those officials do not form part of the same political party, which creates conflict. In addition, the governor does not form part of the decisions happening in the state, which sometimes create a miscommunication between Texans and the Government. Texans often blame the governor for things out of his control. (Collier et al 185). To wrap up, the Governor does not carry a lot of responsibilities, which makes him weaker. …show more content…

The governor can do this by the means of the state of the state address, which means that he can inform the legislature of the condition of the state at the beginning of each legislative session and at the end of his term. This can be often used to pass the Governor’s own political ideas. The governor can even use the emergency legislation, which lets the proposed legislation to be moved and be voted during the first sixty days (171). Governors have no limitation on what is an “emergency” and it’s decided by their own judgment. This gives the governor power in the legislative

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