by TFR Staff | May 10, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Vote Notices
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for May 10th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Joint Resolution 218 (HJR 218) – Energy Fund Expansion Author: State Rep. Yvonne Davis (D-Dallas) Caption: Proposing a constitutional...
by TFR Staff | May 9, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Texe Lege
Introduction The Texas Constitution contains two limits on state government spending. One of them is a balanced budget amendment, known as the Pay-As-You-Go Limit. Because of this, Texas cannot use deficit spending to support most state expenditures. While this is...
by TFR Staff | May 9, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Vote Notices
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for May 9th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: House Joint Resolution 175 (HJR 175) – Money Freedom Author: State Rep. Stan Gerdes (R-Smithville) Caption: Proposing a constitutional...
by TFR Staff | May 8, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Texe Lege
When the Texas House and Texas Senate vote on whether to approve the final versions of House Bill 500 and Senate Bill 1, Figure 1 shows that they will be voting on whether to approve more than $53 billion in new spending of state funds. Figure 1: New State Funds...
by TFR Staff | May 8, 2025 | 89th TXLege, Vote Notices
Texans for Fiscal Responsibility has issued the following vote notice for May 8th, 2025 Texas House of Representatives Subject: Senate Bill 17 (SB 17) – Hostile Foreign Property Ownership Author: State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) Caption: Relating to the purchase...
