Lawmakers use routine bills to push immigration, bathroom measures

AUSTIN - What was to be an up-or-down vote on whether to retain the Texas Railroad Commission instead became an ideological sparring match over illegal immigration and transgender bathroom rights as lawmakers attempted to use the routine sunset bill to force the House to vote on the controversial measures.Earlier this month, the Senate approved a so-called "bathroom bill" that would force transgender Texans to use restrooms and other facilities at public colleges and government buildings that ma