‘No One Has Talked More and Done Less.' Tea Party Rep. Jonathan Stickland Becomes Caucus of One

Editor's Note: A full transcript of The Dallas Morning News' interviews with Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, follows this story.AUSTIN — On a recent stormy night, inside the Capitol where he’d massacred countless ideas, some for good reason and others just to watch them die, the self-styled “bill killer” was finally hoping to pass one.“I’ve been waiting a long time for this moment,” the man from Bedford said, pumping a single fist into the air. A whoop rang up from the back of the House as thunder rattled the chamber’s windows. “Seven years.”“But the people of Texas have been waiting a longer time than I have.”  Continue reading...