May 2, 2011
What a week it was in the Texas Legislature!
>> Click here for a full recap on all the legislative action on the last week of April.
April 25, 2011
Under the strong, fiscally conservative leadership of Rep. Jim Pitts, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, the Texas House passed a balanced budget which cut $23 Billion of state spending over the next two years. Rep. Pitts, Speaker Joe Straus, and the conservative members of the House deserve our accolades for making the tough spending decisions which were necessary to balance the budget without raising new taxes.
>> click here to read how CRT is encouraging Republicans to hold the line on balancing our state's budget.
April 18, 2011
Rep. Todd Hunter holds one of the most important positions in the legislature as Chairman of the House Calendars Committee. Once any bill passes a House Committee, it is then referred to the House Calendars Committee to be set for a vote. The Calendars Committee then decides when and if any bill will be allowed to be voted on by the entire House. Obviously the chairman of the committee has a very influential role in determining which bills will be allowed to be voted upon.
>> click here to read a full update on the House budget debate and this week's full legislative recap
April 11, 2011
Last Wednesday, the Texas House Public Health Committee passed Committee Substitute House Bill (CSHB) 1013 by a vote of 7-2.
CSHB 1013 will now be referred to the House Calendars Committee to be set for a vote. Once it passes the House, it will be sent to the Senate for approval. It will still have to be passed by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee before the full Senate will vote on it. There is still a tremendous amount of work left to be done.
>> click here to read a full update on the House budget debate and this week's full legislative recap
April 4, 2011
Great news from the Capitol in Austin! The Texas House passed the budget, HB 1 on Sunday night. In helping to elect 16 new conservative Republicans to the Texas House, Conservative Republicans of Texas was committed to ensuring that the state government balanced the budget without tax increases. This was accomplished in the House! The budget passed 98-49 along party lines.
>> click here to read a full update on the House budget debate and this week's full legislative recap
March 28, 2011
This was an historic week in Texas. The legislature passed Voter ID and it has been sent to Governor Perry for his signature. Voter ID was the #1 priority of Conservative Republicans of Texas (CRT) during this session. Steven F. Hotze, M.D., President of CRT, and Allen Blakemore, lobbyist for CRT, have been in Austin during the entire session, working on this issue.
>> click to read more about this past week and a full legislative memorandum
March 21, 2011
Steven F. Hotze, M.D., President of Conservative Republicans of Texas, was in Austin meeting with Texas legislators this past Monday through Thursday, 3/14-17, 2011:
>> click to read the full analysis and memorandum
