As part of our continued coverage of the recently completed legislative session, we will be releasing a series of sit down interviews with key conservative legislators that had an impact on important issues during the session. Our 4th interview is with Rep. Charlie Howard. We talked with Rep. Howard about the important battle to defeat the [...]
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
As part of our continued coverage of the recently completed legislative session, we will be releasing a series of sit down interviews we did with key conservative legislators that had an impact on important issues during the session. Our 2nd interview is with Rep. Bryan Hughes. We talked with Rep. Hughes about the important pro-life victories [...]
Monday, July 25, 2011
As part of our continued coverage of the recently completed legislative session, we will be releasing a series of sit down interviews we did with key conservative legislators that had an impact on important issues during the session. Our first interview is with Rep. Wayne Christian who is one of the leading conservative voices in the [...]
Monday, June 27, 2011
Statement on passage of SB 7 and other efforts to cut funding to Planned Parenthood. LibertyInstituteStatmentSB7 Update: SB 7 passes Texas House 96-48. Now Senate needs to adopt the bill. Now Tx Senate has to vote on this today. Vote coming any minute. Follow quick updates at our FB page. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Liberty-Institute-Texas/188607107843102 Update: 11:15 a.m. [...]
Friday, June 24, 2011
Video update from inside the Texas House Chamber on the final days of the Special Session. Important updates on SB 7 and the efforts to defund Planned Parenthood. The vote on SB 7 to defund Planned Parenthood is now expected for Monday of next week. Please ask your Texas House and Senate member to Support [...]
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
There is some background discussion that SB 7 will come up for a vote in the Texas House, today. Rep. Zerwas is the House author and there has a been an effort by numerous pro-life House members to have the final version of SB 7 be more inclusive of the pro-life language included in the [...]
Monday, June 20, 2011
Update: Governor Perry has added the “Anti-Groping” Bill to the special session call. Tx House Member Makes Strong Request for Gov. Perry to Add “Anti-Groping”Bill to Special Session. See the letter here by Rep. David Simpson, author of HB 41: TSABillRequest Letter cites bipartisan support in the Texas House. References comments Gov. Perry made in his [...]
Friday, June 10, 2011
SB 1 and SB 2 to recieve full House vote today, before going to conference committee.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The Texas special session continues. Senate Bill 7 (SB 7) contains pro-life provisions under which Planned Parenthood stands to lose at least $17 million per year in taxpayer funds if supported by Texas Legislature. SB 7 has already passed the Senate (with pro-life provisions) and is now up for a vote by the full House [...]
Saturday, May 21, 2011
The Texas Senate & House are here at the Texas Capitol working and so are we. The question is if and when SB 1581, the fiscal matters bill will come up in the Texas House. It has numerous amendments on it. Some we like, some we don’t like. HB 1201, repealing the authority to create the [...]
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