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Texas BillsThis list was created based on feedback from Rep. Madden, Rep. Paxton, Rep. Taylor, Sen. Shapiro, Empower Texans, Eagle Forum, Heritage Institute, Young Conservatives of Texas, TSRA/NRA, T.U.R.F., and the Texas Conservative Coalition. Here are the 5 bills that passed (signed by Gov.) in our list of the Top 20 Conservative bills this session:
Continue reading to see the Conservative Bills THAT DID NOT PASS IN THE TEXAS 82ND LEGISLATURE A controversy issue is setting fireworks off in the NE corner of Texas. A court in the county of Bowie, has approved a motion to remove the Pledge of Allegiance and the opening Prayer from the records of the court. The County Clerk has refused, spoke out against it, and now has been threatened with legal action. Continue Reading… Fellow Grassroots Texans: Speaker Joe Straus and other members of the Texas House leadership have been attempting to blame the Texas Senate for the failure to pass the sanctuary city and TSA bills in the special session. A message which addresses these claims in detail was sent out by Senator Dan Patrick on Tuesday, June 28, 2011:
The special session is down to the wire. Lawmakers must wrap up on Wednesday, with a few outstanding priorities left to tackle. Over the last several days, measures have moved like traffic — at times speeding through, at others stuck in a perpetual stop and go. Gov. Rick Perry has sole discretion over the special session agenda, and he’s put a variety of topics on it, from somewhat mundane fiscal bills needed to balance the budget to emotional issues like prohibiting “sanctuary cities” and HB 41, an anti-groping bill aimed at the Transportation Security Administration. Continue reading from The Texas Tribune. The defined benefit pension system is the wrong compensation policy for state and local governments, since it acts like an entitlement system. This paper provides recommendations that Texas can implement to address the public sector pension problems facing the state without eroding Texas’ economic vibrancy. First, Texas should freeze the defined benefit (DB) plan to all new and unvested public sector employees. Second, all new or current unvested employees should be transferred to a defined contribution (DC) plan. Finally, either a hard freeze or soft freeze of system for current vested employees should be implemented. Click here to read report from Texas Public Policy Foundation. This study comprehensively ranks the American states on their public policies that affect individual freedoms in the economic, social, and personal spheres. It updates, expands, and improves upon our inaugural 2009 Freedom in the 50 States study. For this new edition, we have added more policy variables (such as bans on trans fats and the audio recording of police, Massachusetts’s individual health-insurance mandate, and mandated family leave), improved existing measures (such as those for fiscal policies, workers’ compensation regulations, and asset-forfeiture rules), and developed specific policy prescriptions for each of the 50 states based on our data and a survey of state policy experts. With a consistent time series, we are also able to discover for the first time which states have improved and worsened in regard to freedom recently. Urgent alert from JoAnn: Texas House Republican leadership – Speaker Straus, State Affairs Committee Chair Byron Cook, and some gutless (yes, I mean that) Republican House members are playing games. The House is having trouble conducting special session business because there is not a quorum of House members present on the floor to vote! Also, other key Committee Chairs are playing hooky – one even spent the week in the Bahamas instead of being present to do his job! Today’s two actions needed:
In the Holy Bible, calls for prayer and fasting are frequent responses to dire situations. Yesterday, Texas Governor Rick Perry emulated those Biblical prophets such as Joel in calling for prayer to help address our national crisis. Perry’s call for prayer is being directed to a specific event, “The Response,” which is to be held in Houston on August 6th. Continue reading from Redstate.com. IF YOU TWITTER, CLICK HERE FOR A DIRECTORY OF TWITTER ADDRESS FOR TEXAS STATE OFFICIALS. |
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