The Texas State Senate: Senator Judith Zaffirini
...The only senator with career-long 100 percent attendance and 100 percent voting records, Sen. Zaffirini has cast more than 29,000 consecutive votes during nine regular and 13 special sessions. She has sponsored and passed 457 bills and 45 substantive resolutions and co-sponsored and passed another 208 bills. Her legislative successes include passing bills to reduce paperwork for teachers; provide zero-interest loans for college students and forgiving them if they maintain and graduate timely with a B average; immunize all Texas children; reform Medicaid and simplify eligibility; facilitate independent living for persons with disabilities; suspend the licenses of drunk drivers; promote dual language programs; keep radioactive waste out of SD 21; stop the proliferation of colonias; restrict minors' access to tobacco; and reform indigent health care, welfare, nursing homes, adoption and child support...
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