Texas legislators decide today what rules state House, Senate will follow this legislative session

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Before taking up rules that will eventually govern the citizens of Texas, lawmakers debated what rules should they should be governed by. Today, the second day of the 85th legislature, the Senate and House passed their own rules packages with a few controversial debate-filled amendments attached. House rules The basics: House members passed HR 3, a housekeeping resolution that upped the salary cap for representatives and committee employees, so it was in line with state salary increases. Then, the lower chamber took up HR 4, the rules package that was almost immediately barraged with several amendments and is still in the midst […]

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