May 02 2021
Where Priorities Stand With 1 Month Left in Session
by Jeramy Kitchen
Nearly a month out from the end of the 140-day 87th Legislative Session, several bills have been passed out of each legislative chamber. As such, here is a summary of where different legislative priorities stand in the legislative process.
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Statewide
Patrick Promises Constitutional Carry Vote in Senate
“It’s rare that I do this. Usually, if you don’t have the votes for a bill, you don’t bring up a bill that’s going to lose, but this is an important issue.”
Critical Race Theory Ban Passes Senate
“When Texan parents send their children to school, they expect their students to learn to think critically.”
Local
Local elections were held on Saturday May 1, see all of our extensive coverage of the results from around the Lone Star State at TexasScorecard.com!
ELECTION RESULTS: Austinites Vote to End Public Camping Disaster
Citizens organized and rebuked Democrat-led city officials for allowing rampant lawlessness on the streets.
ELECTION RESULTS: Parker vs. Peoples in Fort Worth Runoff
Dee Kelly Jr’s. establishment faction defeats Congresswoman Kay Granger’s.
Federal
ELECTION RESULTS: Wright, Ellzey in Runoff for 6th Congressional District
The special election runoff winner will fill the unexpired term of the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright.
Texas Congressman Proposes to Stop Sending US Tax Dollars to China’s ‘Genocide’ Program
“American tax dollars should never directly or indirectly support taking of innocent human life.”
Quoting...
"Man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts."
- Ronald Reagan
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