80th Legislature: Appropriations Bill Wrap-Up
By Vince Leibowitz on Mar 30, 2007 in 80th Legislature
HB 1, the General Appropriations Act, passed the House in the wee hours of this morning on second reading to engrossment.
Here’s how that vote broke down:
Yeas - Allen; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cohen; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gattis; Geren; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Alonzo; Burnam; Coleman; Davis, Y.; Farias; Farrar; Gallego; Garcia; Hernandez; Herrero; Leibowitz; Moreno; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Thompson
This was after some 244 amendments were passed, withdrawn, tabled or defeated in a marathon session that didn’t end until just before 4:00 a.m.
There were also 29 record votes on amendments, including motions to table.
We covered many of those last night. Here are some summaries of key amendments and how votes broke down on those. Note that, in bold in each of these, we have an explaination of what a particular type of vote (to table, not to approve, etc.) meant. This helps us understand the human cost of each vote.
Amendment 8 by Burnam. (Capitol Annex floor coverage here). This amendment would have required that money from Governor Perry’s economic development slush fund, the Texas Enterprise Fund, be used (to the tune of $60 million) for a good purpose: funding industries whose primary purpose is the development of clean energy technologies. The amdnement was tabled. A vote to table was a vote to continue giving the Governor carte blanche over the fund and against making Texas a leader in renewable and clean energy sources:
Yeas - Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Davis, J.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Eissler; Elkins; England; Farabee; Flynn; Gattis; Geren; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McCall; McReynolds; Merritt; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pitts; Puente; Riddle; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Solomons; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Anchia; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farias; Farrar; Gallego; Garcia; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Pierson; Quintanilla; Raymond; Rodriguez; Strama; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
Amendment 12 by Burnam. This amendment would have required that $25 million from the Emerging Technologies Fund be spent to help establish and expand industries that develop renewable and clean energy sources. A vote to table was a vote against making Texas a leader, once again, in the energy field:
eas - Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Deshotel; Dukes; Eissler; Elkins; England; Farabee; Flores; Flynn; Gattis; Geren; Giddings; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Homer; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Merritt; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pitts; Puente; Riddle; Ritter; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Cohen; Coleman; Davis, Y.; Dunnam; Eiland; Escobar; Farias; Farrar; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, D.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Menendez; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Pierson; Raymond; Rodriguez; Strama; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
Present, not voting - Mr. Speaker(C)
Absent, Excused - Smithee
Absent - Driver; Dutton; Krusee; Quintanilla
Amendment 18 by Yvonne Davis. This amendment would have increased funding for at-risk prevention programs at the Department of Family and Protective Services by more than $300,000. It was tabled. A vote to table was a vote against helping at-risk youths and families:
Yeas - Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Dukes; Dutton; Eissler; Elkins; England; Farabee; Flynn; Gattis; Giddings; Goolsby; Haggerty; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McCall; McReynolds; Merritt; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Phillips; Pitts; Puente; Riddle; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Bolton; Burnam; Chavez; Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Driver; Dunnam; Eiland; Escobar; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Gallego; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Guillen; Hamilton; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, D.; Krusee; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McClendon; Menendez; Miles; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Peña; Pickett; Pierson; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Vo
Amendment 21 by Castro. This vote would have increased funding for the at-risk program discussed above by more than $1 million dollars. It was tabled. A vote to table was a vote against helping Texas children:
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Yeas - Anderson; Aycock; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Driver; Dukes; Eissler; Elkins; England; Flynn; Gattis; Geren; Goolsby; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McReynolds; Merritt; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Phillips; Pitts; Riddle; Ritter; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Truitt; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bailey; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Coleman; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Guillen; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; King, T.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; Menendez; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Peña; Pickett; Pierson; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Rodriguez; Solomons; Strama; Talton; Thompson; Turner; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
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Amendment 22 by Anchia. This amendment would have required the Secretary of State to target voter registration projects in areas where voter turn-out is statistically low (meaning, usually, minority areas). This one was tabled. A vote to table was a vote against encuraging minority voter registration:
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Yeas - Anderson; Aycock; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Driver; Eissler; Elkins; England; Flynn; Gattis; Geren; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McCall; Merritt; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Phillips; Pickett; Pitts; Riddle; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bailey; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; King, T.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Pierson; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Strama; Thompson; Turner; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
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Amendment 29 by Miles. This amendment would have appropriated $1 million for an HIV awareness campaign through the department of health. The amendment was tabled. A vote to table was a vote against helping prevent HIV:
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Yeas - Aycock; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Delisi; Driver; Dukes; Eissler; Elkins; England; Farabee; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gattis; Geren; Goolsby; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Homer; Hopson; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McCall; McClendon; Merritt; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Phillips; Pitts; Riddle; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Bailey; Bolton; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Coleman; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farias; Farrar; Gallego; Garcia; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Guillen; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Howard, D.; Krusee; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McReynolds; Menendez; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Peña; Pickett; Pierson; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Rodriguez; Strama; Thompson; Turner; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
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Amendment 59 by Harper-Brown. (Capitol Annex coverage here). This is the amendment that would have dumped 16,000 kids off of Children’s Health Insurance. There is more on this one in our coverage. Martinez-Fisher proposed a “lipstick on a pig” amendment to try to improve the amendment if we had been unlucky enough for it to pass. His amendment was adopted. Dawnna Dukes gave an impassioned floor speech and moved to table. Harper-Brown wanted to withdraw, but Dukes, in a spectacular move, refused to withdraw her motion to table and forced the issue to a very lopsided vote. Still, you had some who actually voted against the motion to table. A vote against the motion to table was essentially a vote for knocking 16,000 kids off CHIP:
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Yeas - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Chisum; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Geren; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Hughes; Isett; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Laubenberg; Leibowitz; Lucio; Macias; Madden; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; O’Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Peña; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Flynn; Gattis; Jackson; Riddle; Van Arsdale
Present, not voting - Mr. Speaker(C); Vaught
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Absent - Christian; Crownover; Hardcastle; Latham; Noriega; Paxton; Phillips
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Amendment 63 by Noriega. This is the vote that is likely the only vote to raise teacher pay for the entire session. (Capitol Annex coverage here). First, there was a motion to table. A vote of “Yes” on the motion to table was essentially a vote against pay raises for educators:
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Yeas - Anderson; Aycock; Berman; Bohac; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Delisi; Driver; Eissler; England; Flynn; Gattis; Geren; Goolsby; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Pitts; Riddle; Smith, W.; Smithee; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Van Arsdale; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bailey; Bolton; Bonnen; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Elkins; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; Jones; King, T.; Kuempel; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Solomons; Strama; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West
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When the motion to table was defeated, the amendment (as amended) went to adoption. It passed, but some still voted against a teacher pay raise. A vote against the amendment was a vote against a teacher pay raise:
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Yeas - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bailey; Bolton; Bonnen; Burnam; Castro; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, R.; Darby; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Geren; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hartnett; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; Jones; King, T.; Krusee; Kuempel; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Patrick; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Strama; Swinford; Thompson; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West
Nays - Anderson; Aycock; Berman; Bohac; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Davis, J.; Delisi; Driver; Eissler; Elkins; Flynn; Gattis; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hill; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Keffer; King, P.; Kolkhorst; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Parker; Paxton; Riddle; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Straus; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
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Amendment 73 by Coleman. This was a very important amendment with regard to harassment in public schools. It required TEA to report any discrimination or harassment of employees or teachers based on a variety of factors including race and sexual orientation in comprehensive annual reports. The amendment as a particularly important GLBT amendment because it included the “sexual orientation” clause. This also made it more controversial, although it passed. A vote against the amendment is a vote against helping end discrimination and harassment in public schools:
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Yeas - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bolton; Brown, B.; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; England; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; Jones; King, T.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McReynolds; Menendez; Miles; Moreno; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O’Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Peña; Pickett; Pierson; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Strama; Talton; Thompson; Turner; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; Zerwas
Nays - Anderson; Aycock; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Driver; Eissler; Elkins; Flynn; Gattis; Geren; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Keffer; King, P.; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McCall; McClendon; Merritt; Miller; Morrison; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Phillips; Pitts; Riddle; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Truitt; West; Woolley; Zedler
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Amendment 73 by Heflin. (Capitol Annex floor coverage here.) This was also an important amendment, in that it blocked use of state money for any voucher program. It passed. A vote against this amendment was a vote for James Leininger and privately funded school vouchers:
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Yeas - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Aycock; Bailey; Bohac; Bolton; Bonnen; Brown, F.; Burnam; Callegari; Castro; Chavez; Christian; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Davis, Y.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Elkins; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gattis; Geren; Giddings; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hill; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, S.; King, T.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Miller; Moreno; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Naishtat; Noriega; O’Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Orr; Ortiz; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pierson; Pitts; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Riddle; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Strama; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Thompson; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo; West; Woolley; Zerwas
Nays - Berman; Brown, B.; Chisum; Eissler; Flynn; Hartnett; Howard, C.; Laubenberg
Present, not voting - Mr. Speaker(C)
Absent - Anderson; Branch; England; Hughes; King, P.; Macias; Madden; Paxton; Smithee; Solomons; Talton; Zedler
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Amendment 76 by Anchia. (Capitol Annex floor coverage here). This would have taken money from the Office of State-Federal Relations which is used for hiring K Street lobbyists and given it to the Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Program. The amendment was tabled. A vote to table was a vote for continuing to fund K Street Lobbyists with tax dollars:
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Yeas - Anderson; Aycock; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chisum; Christian; Coleman; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Driver; Dukes; Eiland; Eissler; Elkins; England; Flores; Flynn; Gattis; Geren; Giddings; Haggerty; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Keffer; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McCall; McClendon; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Phillips; Pitts; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bailey; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dunnam; Dutton; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Guillen; Hamilton; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; Jones; King, T.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Peña; Pickett; Pierson; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Rose; Strama; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
Present, not voting - Mr. Speaker; King, P.(C)
Absent - Goolsby; Riddle
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Amendment 77 by Coleman. (Capitol Annex floor coverage here.) This amendment would have stripped the budget of the useless Residential Construction Commission and transferred that funding to Texas Grants scholarship programs. This was killed on a motion to table. A vote to table was a vote supporting the toothless Texas Residential Construction which helps millionaires like Bob “Swift Boat” Perry continue to build crappy homes:
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Yeas - Anderson; Aycock; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Cook, R.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Deshotel; Dutton; Eissler; Elkins; England; Escobar; Farabee; Flores; Flynn; Frost; Gattis; Geren; Giddings; Goolsby; Haggerty; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Homer; Hopson; Howard, C.; Hughes; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, S.; Kolkhorst; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Lucio; Macias; Madden; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Oliveira; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pickett; Pitts; Riddle; Ritter; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bailey; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Cohen; Coleman; Davis, Y.; Dukes; Dunnam; Eiland; Farias; Farrar; Gallego; Garcia; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Guillen; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Howard, D.; King, T.; Leibowitz; Mallory Caraway; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Merritt; Miles; Naishtat; Noriega; Olivo; Ortiz; Pierson; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Rodriguez; Rose; Strama; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
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Amendment 80 by Craig Eiland. This amendment would have taken money from the Residential Construciton Commission and given it for indigent healthcare through the UT Medical Branch at Galveston. It was tabled. A vote to table was a vote against the poor and in favor of the Residential Construction Commission:
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Yeas - Anderson; Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Crownover; Darby; Delisi; Driver; Dukes; Eissler; Elkins; England; Flynn; Geren; Goolsby; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Howard, C.; Isett; Jackson; Jones; Keffer; King, P.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Madden; McClendon; McReynolds; Merritt; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; Noriega; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Phillips; Pitts; Riddle; Ritter; Smith, T.; Smith, W.; Smithee; Straus; Swinford; Talton; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Alonzo; Anchia; Bolton; Bonnen; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Deshotel; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Flores; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Guillen; Haggerty; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Hopson; Howard, D.; Hughes; King, T.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; O’Day; Oliveira; Olivo; Ortiz; Pickett; Pierson; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Rodriguez; Rose; Strama; Taylor; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
Present, not voting - Mr. Speaker(C)
Absent - Creighton; Davis, J.; Gattis; Giddings; Harper-Brown; Homer; King, S.; Macias; Mallory Caraway; Menendez; Peña; Solomons
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Amendment 82 by Lon Burnam. This amendment was tabled. It would have taken money from the Presevation Board and appropriated it to the Public Integrity Unit of the Travis County DA’s office to help with prosecutions in the Texas Youth Commission. A Vote “Yes” to table was a vote against speedy and judicious investigation and prosecution of the TYC scandal:
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Yeas - Allen; Anderson; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Bonnen; Branch; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Callegari; Chavez; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Davis, J.; Delisi; Deshotel; Driver; Dukes; Eissler; Elkins; Flores; Flynn; Gattis; Geren; Giddings; Goolsby; Guillen; Hamilton; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hilderbran; Hill; Howard, C.; Howard, D.; Jackson; Keffer; King, P.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Lucio; Macias; Madden; McCall; McClendon; McReynolds; Miller; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pitts; Puente; Riddle; Rose; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; Van Arsdale; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Alonzo; Anchia; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Coleman; Cook, R.; Davis, Y.; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gonzales; Gonzalez Toureilles; Haggerty; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Jones; King, T.; Leibowitz; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Olivo; Ortiz; Pickett; Pierson; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rodriguez; Strama; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Vo
Present, not voting - Mr. Speaker(C)
Absent - Aycock; Cohen; Darby; England; Hughes; Isett; King, S.; Mallory Caraway; Oliveira; Smith, T.; Talton; Villarreal
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Amendment 132 by Dunnam. (Capitol Annex floor coverage here). This amendment would have prohibited the use of state money for lobbyists for any purpose, including TxDOT lobbyists. It was tabled. A vote to table the amendment was a vote for spending taxpayer dollars on K Street lobbyists and Tom DeLay cronies:
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Yeas - Aycock; Bailey; Berman; Bohac; Brown, B.; Brown, F.; Chisum; Christian; Cook, B.; Corte; Crabb; Creighton; Crownover; Darby; Davis, J.; Delisi; Driver; Dukes; Eissler; Elkins; England; Flynn; Geren; Goolsby; Guillen; Haggerty; Hancock; Hardcastle; Harless; Harper-Brown; Hartnett; Hill; Howard, C.; Isett; Jackson; Keffer; King, P.; Kolkhorst; Krusee; Kuempel; Latham; Laubenberg; Macias; Madden; McClendon; Morrison; Mowery; Murphy; O’Day; Orr; Otto; Parker; Patrick; Paxton; Peña; Phillips; Pitts; Riddle; Smith, W.; Smithee; Solomons; Straus; Swinford; Taylor; Truitt; Turner; West; Woolley; Zedler; Zerwas
Nays - Allen; Anchia; Bolton; Burnam; Castro; Chavez; Cohen; Coleman; Cook, R.; Deshotel; Dunnam; Dutton; Eiland; Escobar; Farabee; Farias; Farrar; Frost; Gallego; Garcia; Gonzales; Heflin; Hernandez; Herrero; Hilderbran; Hochberg; Hodge; Homer; Hopson; Howard, D.; Jones; King, T.; Leibowitz; Lucio; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McCall; McReynolds; Menendez; Merritt; Miles; Moreno; Naishtat; Noriega; Olivo; Ortiz; Pickett; Puente; Quintanilla; Raymond; Ritter; Rose; Smith, T.; Strama; Thompson; Vaught; Veasey; Villarreal; Vo
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