The 83rd Legislature brought significant spending increases, medium-sized tax cuts, and a reminder of the need for Texas to limit the growth of government.
Health Care
Democrats’ Shutdown Surrender A Gift To Trump And Congressional Republicans
The longest government shutdown in American history, 40 days of furloughed feds and finger-pointing, whimpered to an end Sunday night. Eight Senate Democrats, weary of their own party’s lack of a credible path to victory, crossed the aisle to hand Republicans a clean win, invoking cloture on a House funding bill by the slimmest of...
November 11, 2025