Senate Moves Budget Out of Committee
The Senate Finance committee voted this morning to move their version of the budget bill out of committee. This bill spends $178.6 billion, including $85.9 billion in state funds (GR). The bill also uses $3 billion from the Economic Stabilization Fund, also known as the Rainy Day Fund.
Senators Patrick (R-Houston), Lucio (D-Brownsville), Whitmire (D-Houston) and Zaffirini (D-Laredo) all voted against passing the bill from committee. You can view the whole committee here.
The Senate's version of the bill spends $8 billion more in state funds than the House version, but is still about $14 billion short of what the state needs to spend to maintain current services. As a result, services for the disabled, elderly, and poor will remain underfunded; teachers will loose their jobs; and college students won't get the assistance they need to pay their tuition.
Texas Impact continues to urge the Legislature to use a balanced approach when they write the final budget.
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