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Representative Horton is strongly opposed to tax increases. In May 2019, the state House voted to roll back a sales tax hike of 0.45 percent that was scheduled to expire in 2025, but Hortman said that she is pessimistic about the tax ever being reduced because so many Republicans in the state Senate are not conservatives. "Not all Republicans are equal," she said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/dodie-horton-on-tax-cuts-not-all-republicans-are-equal-video/|title=Dodie Horton on Tax Cuts: Not all Republicans are equal|author=Robert J. Wright|publisher=KEEL Radio|date=May 24, 2019|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref> Louisiana  has a large contingent of white Moderate Republicans and African-American Democrats who are allied in support of Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards and are hostile to many conservative bills. There are twenty-three House members called by their critics as  the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], whose members elected the moderate [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as the House Speaker in 2020, while conservative Republicans backed [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish east of [[Baton Rouge]].

Representative Horton is strongly opposed to tax increases. In May 2019, the state House voted to roll back a sales tax hike of 0.45 percent that was scheduled to expire in 2025, but Hortman said that she is pessimistic about the tax ever being reduced because so many Republicans in the state Senate are not conservatives. "Not all Republicans are equal," she said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://710keel.com/dodie-horton-on-tax-cuts-not-all-republicans-are-equal-video/|title=Dodie Horton on Tax Cuts: Not all Republicans are equal|author=Robert J. Wright|publisher=KEEL Radio|date=May 24, 2019|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref> Louisiana  has a large contingent of white Moderate Republicans and African-American Democrats who are allied in support of Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards and are hostile to many conservative bills. There are twenty-three House members called by their critics as  the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], whose members elected the moderate [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as the House Speaker in 2020, while conservative Republicans backed [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish east of [[Baton Rouge]].

In March 2022, Horton introduced legislation to forbid public school teachers from kindergarten through twelfth grade from discussing sexual orientation and related issues, a matter Horton believes belongs to the nuclear family, not professional educators. The Louisiana media called her plan a "Don't Say Gay Bill," referring to the liberal media using the term to apply to [[Florida]] Governor [[Ron DeSantis]]. But DeSantis' bill covers only kindergarten though third grade. Horton said there is no need for such sexual discussions in any grade.<ref>Louisiana version of 'Don't Say Gay' bill would ban talk of LGBTQ issues in classroom | Legislature | theadvocate.com, accessed March 20, 2022.</ref>

In March 2022, Horton introduced legislation to forbid public school teachers from kindergarten through twelfth grade from discussing sexual orientation and related issues, a matter Horton believes belongs to the nuclear family, not professional educators. The Louisiana media called her plan a "Don't Say Gay Bill," referring to the liberal media using the term to apply to [[Florida]] Governor [[Ron DeSantis]]. But DeSantis' bill covers only kindergarten though third grade. Horton said there is no need for such sexual discussions in any grade.<ref>Louisiana version of 'Don't Say Gay' bill would ban talk of LGBTQ issues in classroom | Legislature | theadvocate.com, accessed March 20, 2022.</ref> In May 2022, the Louisiana House Education Committee rejected Horton's bill on a 7 to 4 vote, with three Moderate Republicans joining with the Democrats. The critics said the proposed legislation had "vague wording" and would have made it difficult to conform to social studies standards, such as [[LGBTQ+]] individuals who were targeted during the [[Holocaust]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://press-herald.com/house-education-committee-rejects-bill-banning-classroom-discussions-of-sexual-orientation-or-gender-identity/|title=House Education Committee rejects bill banning classroom discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity|publisher=''Minden Press-Herald''|date=May 4, 2022}}</ref>

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