But the questioner goes on to say, "How powerful is the Texas governor compared to other states?" So what would you say about that? BP: The quick answer is Texas does have a weak governorship.
BP: Not only can he veto it, but the way our legislative session is set up and the way our veto rules are set up, the governor usually vetoes bills about a week after lawmakers have left Austin.
So the questioner says Greg Abbott – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott – "seems to make the news more than governors in other states I've lived in." Now, I don't know where this person has lived before.
The way it was set up was for the Legislature – specifically, people like the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House, who control the Senate and House in the Legislature – for those people to have a little bit more control in terms of setting what bills can get passed and what bills can make it to the governor's desk.
So the questioner says Greg Abbott – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott – "seems to make the news more than governors in other states I've lived in.". Now, I don't know where this person has lived before.
This is a governor power to be able to appoint people to boards and agencies all across the state. If you then have a majority of people running a different state agency or running a board that you have appointed, you essentially then have a little bit of power within those agencies as well.