Patrick continues to call eliminating prop taxes a "fantasy."
"I don’t blame it on the governor. He’s either getting very bad information from his staff or very bad information from someone on the outside." #txlege
Patrick rehashes a lot of recent arguments, challenges @GovAbbott to say he will not veto a bill to increase homestead exemption #txlege
"This is a joke," Patrick says. "Let's just stop this, 'We're going to end property taxes.'"
He continues to portray Abbott as an innocent actor who's been given bad advice. #txlege
Ye ole where we’re at — Patrick raises the possibility of having a “Lincoln-Douglas-style debate” with Abbott over property taxes #txlege
Patrick says the Senate plans to stay in town through Thursday and come back next week and see if there’s any movement #txlege
On #HB30, Patrick says it got caught up in 11th-hour dealmaking. He wanted a closer look, so he "stuck it on my podium, and it's been there for the last five days ... always intended to sign it"
So you'll sign it?
"Let's just say it's been done," Patrick says w/o elaborating
TLO still shows that #HB30 hasn’t been signed in the Senate #txlege
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Buzbee calls the House impeachment a "driveby shooting on a holiday weekend to politically assassinate" Paxton #txlege
Cogdell, who already reps Paxton in his securities fraud case, speaks now. Cogdell jokes he's the "least recongizable lawyer involved in thise case" #txlege
Breaking: Texas Senate approves plans to convene as a court of impeachment against Paxton no later than Aug. 28 #txlege
The Senate forms a seven-member committee to issues recommendation to the full chamber on rules of procedure for the trial. The committee will present its recommendations on June 20. #txlege
The committee is named:
Birdwell (chair)
Hinojosa (vice chair)
Creighton
Flores
Huffman
King
West #txlege
"I don't know," Paxton says. "This is unprecedented for what they're doing. I have no idea why they've chosen to do this." #txlege
Paxton, cont'd.: "This is a level that is shocking to me, especially from a Republican House. This is what they're [using their] time to do instead of some of the important things like school choice." #txlege
Paxton says other statewide leaders are fed up with Phelan, he's just the first to speak out. "I have nothing personal against Dade," but "the results have not been good. The Senate delivers, the House does everything they can to slow things down." #txlege