Conservatives Voice Concerns over House Approval of Texas Budget

The House Budget Appropriates $337 Billion for the 2026-27 Fiscal Biennium

One of the news and policy sites I write for is CrossPoliticNews. CPN is a new effort to bring a biblical perspective to the news across the nation, particularly at the state level. Below is an excerpt of a recent article I wrote for CPN on the Texas budget. You can read the entire article at the link that follow it. I’ll post more links to CPN articles on ExcellentThought as they are published.

Here is the excerpt:

Last week, the Texas House of Representatives approved its version of the Texas budget for the next two years.

The House budget would appropriate $337 billion for the 2026-27 fiscal biennium. Texas is one of about 19 states that operates on a two-year budget cycle.

The budget is not yet finalized; the Texas House must now negotiate its differences with the Texas Senate before passing the budget and sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature. But it is already stirring up controversy.

Twenty-six members voted against the budget bill, Senate Bill 1. That is the most no votes against the Texas budget since 29 members voted against the budget in 2013. Nineteen of the no votes were Republicans.

“This proposed budget is far from what Texans deserve,” said Texas Rep. Andy Hopper (R). “I voted against SB 1 because Texans deserve real property tax relief and for their tax dollars to be spent wisely. This budget included billions of dollars to promote racist DEI and grows state spending by 8% this biennium and by over 40% over the last two bienniums.”

Read the full article here.