Beyond the scuffle: Bipartisanship in the Texas Legislature
At first glance, the numbers seem to support the idea that partisanship is rampant: Of the 1,161 bills that became Texas law, a little over half had zero bipartisan support. 468 had all Republican sponsors, and 184 of them had all Democratic sponsors. But if you look between those two poles, a more nuanced story emerges.