Texas State Legislature
Recent News About Texas State Legislature
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Texas Supreme Court denies Democrats' attempt to overturn governor's veto of legislative pay funding
Earlier this month, Texas’s highest court sided with Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of funding for legislative pay, delivering a huge blow to a group of Texas Democratic legislators who sought a reversal.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans report: 'preponderance of evidence' COVID-19 leaked from Wuhan lab; Pfluger reacts
House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans issued a recent update to their Origins of COVID-19 report, now claiming a "preponderance of evidence" suggests the COVID-19 virus leaked from a research lab in Wuhan, China.
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Abbott's second special legislative session opens Saturday, adjourns until Monday, as Democrats continue boycott
As ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott, the second special session of the Texas Legislature opened Saturday, and promptly adjourned until Monday, marking the continued absence of a quorum after more than 50 Democratic legislators left the state in July to avoid voting on two GOP-backed election bills.
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Seliger: Abbott’s veto of Legislature funding ‘punishes regular, hard-working folks’
State Sen. Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) filed a bill Tuesday to remove Gov. Greg Abbott’s line-item veto authority after he slashed lawmakers’ funding.