State House passes budget after 15 hours of debate

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texan House of Representatives passed its budget on a vote of 131 to 16 early Friday morning. The $218 billion budget calls for the withdraw of $2.5 billion from the Rainy Day Fund.
Lawmakers debated more than 400 amendments during the 15-hour long budget hearing. One of the amendments took a setback. The House voted to oppose taxpayer money to private and religious schools, expressly forbidding state funding for school vouchers. The school choice bill was marked as a p