Texas House budget debate brings controversial amendments: bathroom policy, citizenship questions, border wall

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Each time the full Texas Legislature meets, some laws are passed to impose new regulations and some don’t. On its face, a proposal could end each time a bill dies in committee or gets voted down in either chamber. However, the budget offers another avenue to approve proposals as amendments. The Texas House is expected to debate Thursday and into Friday about more than 400 amendments proposed for the first draft of the Senate budget, which was approved late last month. For context, last legislative session there were roughly 350 amendments offered, and that House remained in session for 18 […]

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