Failed Budget Vote Threatens Texas Senate Tradition
Senate Finance Chairman Steve Ogden tried, and failed, to get 20 state senators to vote with him on a proposed state budget Tuesday. On Wednesday, he's going to see if he can find 15.
The Bryan Republican is trying to get enough Senate support to pass a budget and, if he has his druthers, to put him in a strong negotiating position when the Senate and the House sit down to reconcile their very different budgets later this month.
If he can pull the votes together, he'll send a $176.5 billion blueprint to the House, which earlier ...
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Michael B Openshaw
How many times have I heard the Austin insiders say the Senate has the 'adults'? Well, the House passed a budget and the Senate seems unable to, leaving the slimmer House budget the foundation on which the have to build. No they're going to kick the traditional door open? They better have answers why they can't leave that door open for everything else.