In an impromptu meeting called at the close of the Senate’s regular business on Wednesday, the Business and Commerce Committee quietly — and narrowly — voted to pass Senate Bill 1639 by a vote of 5-4. Based on our quick review of the audio file of the meeting, the vote count was as follows: Yes: Carona […]
A rare moment of rational debate broke out in the Texas Senate last week in the most unlikely of places — a committee hearing on a proposal to ban Texas courts from imposing “foreign law” (code for Sharia law) on citizens. Hearings on this contentious subject in previous years have been marked by open bigotry and […]
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
The Austin American-Statesman’s Chuck Lindell is reporting that we are not going to see a repeat of the fight on the House floor from two years ago that resulted in massive cuts to the state’s family planning budget: A brokered agreement will remove about a dozen family planning and abortion-related amendments from the state budget debate […]
Texas Freedom Network President Praises House Passage of Budget Amendment Barring Public Funds for Private School Vouchers Overwhelming Vote Sends Message to Voucher Gang: Stop Wasting Time, Fully Fund Public Schools FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2013 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller is releasing the following statement after the Texas House of Representatives voted […]
