The House faces a major deadline today; it’s the last day to take up contested Senate bills and, as such, the session promises to last until the clock strikes midnight. It doesn’t help that a major backlog of controversial legislation awaits House members.
Chris Turner
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State Government
House Closes Loophole, Limits Payday Lender Telemarketing
Legislation passed by the House on Wednesday will prohibit payday lenders and auto title loan businesses from placing telemarketing calls to Texans on the “do not call” list. The measure now heads to the Senate.
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Double-Dipping Ban Passes House
The Texas House approved legislation Tuesday that would close the loophole former Gov. Rick Perry once used to begin collecting a lucrative pension without ever having to leave office.
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Double Dipping Ban Passes House, Sort Of
The Texas House voted overwhelmingly Monday to end the controversial practice of double dipping by longtime politicians who draw state pensions and paychecks at the same time. But a last-minute change clouded exactly to whom the bill would apply.
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Economy
After 18-Hour Debate, House Gives Early Approval to Budget
After an overnight debate that veered from polite disagreements to an angry outburst, the Texas House tentatively passed a $210 billion two-year budget early Wednesday morning with a 141 to 5 vote.
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Double-Dipping Ban Sails Out of Committee
Longtime elected officials would no longer be able to use an obscure perk to boost their take-home pay under a bill that sailed out of a House committee Monday. The proposed double-dipping ban now heads to the House floor.
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The Brief: March 10, 2015
Legislation intended to stop some government officials from collecting retirement benefits before leaving office appears to have a better prognosis the second time around.
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Politics
Double-Dipping Ban is on the Move
Efforts to ban longtime politicians from double-dipping their salaries and their pensions — as former Gov. Rick Perry started doing in 2011 — went nowhere two years ago. But this year the idea is picking up steam.
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Health care
Texas Has High Stakes in Lawsuit Over Health Law
Texas and the 33 other states that refused to set up their own insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act are especially vulnerable to an impending U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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Inside Texas Politics: Cantor, Congress and Conventions
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy about the latest UT/TT poll, Eric Cantor, the GOP state platform and more.
