What started as competing proposals from the Senate and House has ended in a bloated conference committee budget that dramatically expands state government beyond what key measures like population growth and inflation would justify.
Despite claims of fiscal conservatism, this final product mirrors the spending habits of progressive states like California more than it does the limited government model that made Texas an economic powerhouse.
Here’s a breakdown of how we got here, and why it matters…
on cities and banning taxpayer-funded lobbying, to election integrity 
and protecting women’s spaces, this special session agenda is full of several pro-taxpayer and pro-family reforms.
