AUSTIN, Texas — According to two Senators here, it appears Eleanor Kitzman's services as insurance commissioner in Texas are no longer needed.
“She doesn't have the votes to get out of committee,” says state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, who is on the Senate Nominations Committee. ”I'm not for her.”
In fact, Watson says he “could have stopped” Kitzman's confirmation long ago but since Kitzman is a constituent, Watson says he allowed the process to play out. There is an unwritten rule in Texas–a senatorial courtesy–that if a member of the Senate has any issue with a nominee from his/her district for any reason, no one else will vote for the nominee. Kitzman is from Austin.
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