Six Questions on Supplemental Appropriations

April 30, 2013

James Quintero is the policy director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Government for the People campaign. Since joining the Foundation in 2008, Quintero has focused extensively on: state & local government spending, taxes, debt, public pension reform, annexation, and local regulations.

Bill Alert on House Bill 1025, a second supplemental spending bill that would appropriate a total of $875 million in fiscal year 2013.

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Six Questions on Supplemental Appropriations

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