The filed House supplemental appropriations bill, HB2, would appropriate $1.4 billion from Texas’ Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), also known as the Rainy Day Fund. However, a committee substitute for HB2 (CSHB2) was recently outlined in the House Appropriations Committee that would increase the appropriation from the ESF to $2.4 billion, which together with $957 million from general revenue (GR) and $1.8 billion from federal funds, would bring the total cost of the supplemental bill to $5.2 billion. An examination of the numbers shows that this is far too costly for taxpayers and that there is no need to use any money from the ESF.
Biden admin breaks the law with new abortion rule
Omnibus spending bill that included Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was unlawful. The Biden administration seems willing to violate any law or constitutional principle in its weaponized-government approach to the November election. On Monday, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published new rules for pregnant workers that includes benefits for abortion — based on a law that has already been declared...