Texas News Why Can't The Texas Legislature Work Faster to Avoid Special Sessions? By Texas Standard Published July 18, 2017 at 1:49 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio Gabriel Cristóver Pérez/KUT Breezing through legislation sounds appealing, but a UT law professor explains how lawmakers are limited by time constraints baked into the Texas Constitution, and why vigorous, and sometimes lengthy debate, is healthy for our democracy.