Ortolon K
Tex Med. 1989 Jun;85(6):25-9.
The legislative process in Texas more than once has been described as organized chaos. For 140 days every other year, 181 lawmakers, hundreds of legislative staff and agency officials, and scores of lobbyists draft, debate, enact, or defeat thousands of individual bills. Lobbyists representing Texas Medical Association are among the most active and influential in the process. In this article, TMA Public Relations Assistant Ken Ortolon describes a lobbyist's hectic day.
得克萨斯州的立法程序不止一次被形容为有组织的混乱。每隔一年的140天里，181名立法者、数百名立法工作人员和机构官员，以及众多说客起草、辩论、制定或否决数千项单独的法案。代表得克萨斯州医学协会的说客是这一过程中最活跃、最有影响力的群体之一。在本文中，得克萨斯州医学协会公共关系助理肯·奥尔托隆描述了一位说客忙碌的一天。
