Is Your representative the One Voting?

This past summer one of the news stations went into the Texas House of Representatives to observe a session. What they found was not only astonishing but also absolutely disgusting. When you elect your House Representative, you expect them to vote in your interests. However, in the House, they are not always voting. In the house they can vote on many bills each minute. In order for a Representative to vote he must put his key into his desk and turn it … and then press the appropriate button. There is a rule that no Representative can vote for another. However, this is exactly what the news crew caught on tape. Representatives would vote, then vote for any absent Congressmen (women) around them. There was even a case where someone voted for a congressman who was there voting for another congressmen at the time! The fun gets even better. Sometimes they even vote across party lines. Democrats vote for Republicans and vice versa! This is obscene behavior from our legislature. Each House Representative should only have ONE vote and ONE vote ONLY!! I never voted for another district’s Representative to make the decisions for MINE. There are rules of conduct for the Legislatures of the House. It seems that this Particular rule is not being enforced. I think that anytime a Representative leaves his or her desk they should take their key out and take it with them. No exceptions. I think that the Sergeant at Arms should enforce this rule. Every Member of the House should be checked for their key when they leave the room. This would help to eradicate the fraudulent voting happening in the Texas House.