Vote Notice 5.17.23
Texas Senate Subject: Increasing Benefits for Certain Medicaid Beneficiaries, House Bill 54 (HB 54) Author: State Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston) TFR Position: Oppose Background: HB 54 seeks to increase the personal needs...
Vote Notice 5.16.23
Texas Senate Subject: Repealing Onerous Regulation, House Bill 1277 (HB 1277) Author: State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) TFR Position: Support Background: HB 1277 seeks to repeal the requirement that a pedestrian walk on the...
Episode 13: Abbott Plays Hardball on School Choice Effort
https://youtu.be/l31hhM-hd8E Episode Description 💰 In our thirteenth episode of 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 𝗔𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗, we discuss the now weaker version of school choice making its way through the Texas House committee process and recent sentiments from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the...
Vote Notice 5.15.23
Texas Senate Subject: Decrease Barrier to Entry, House Bill 1846 (HB 1846) Author: State Rep. Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin) TFR Position: Support Background: HB 1846 seeks to require the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) to test...
Vote Notice 5.12.23
Texas Senate Subject: Wound Care Dressing and Menstrual Product Sales Tax Exemption, Senate Bill 379 (SB 379) Author: State Sen. Joan Huffman (R-Houston) TFR Position: Oppose Background: SB 379 seeks to add wound care dressings and menstrual products sold for the...
Episode 17: Texas House Fails to Deliver on Impactful Border Security Legislation
https://youtu.be/_UAE-n2HkhA Episode Description 💰 In this episode of 𝗧𝗔𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦, we discuss the recent failure by Texas House lawmakers to pass a meaningful border security legislative priority, the childish dialogue between elected leadership in both legislative...
The Petulant Children Squabbling Over Property Tax Relief
If you are a Texas taxpayer and hoping to get tangible property tax relief as an outcome of the ongoing 88th Legislative Session, you might be disappointed. Not only does it look as if nearly no real property tax relief will be had, but elected leaders in both...
Vote Notice 5.11.23
Texas Senate Subject: Farming Freedom, House Bill 1750 (HB 1750) Author: State Rep. DeWayne Burns (R-Cleburne)/State Sen. Charles Perry (R-Lubbock) TFR Position: Support Background: HB 1750 seeks to limit certain municipal government requirements on all...
Vote Notice 5.10.23
Texas Senate Subject: Pro-Taxpayer, House Bill 1038 (HB 1038) Author: State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park) TFR Position: Support Background: HB 1038 seeks to require the Texas Bond Review Board to submit a biennial report on the state’s lending and credit...