State lawmakers returned to Austin to continue the second Special Session, and how to provide a big property tax cut.
Texas senators include more property tax cuts for businesses in new pitch to break impasse with House
"I'm really surprised the Republicans didn't use the break to really come back and get a strategy for how to move this along, because the longer it goes, the worse it looks for that party. And everybody's now gearing up for the post Labor Day impeachment. So they have a very limited window to pass what would be a fundamental tax reform. And they haven't made any ground after one special session and very little ground in this special session," said Smith.
"A lot of it has to do with the primaries. The Republicans have drawn themselves a lot of safe seats, and in doing that, it means that you're opening up a primary challenge from the political Right," said Smith. "They're just trying to play into this idea that taxes are not a necessary evil, but taxes are purely evil," said Smith.
"The impasse has to end soon because the Senate has to deal with impeachment and both the House and the Senate have to worry about getting any major changes onto the ballot for the constitutional amendment vote in the fall. If they don't do that by August. You're not going to be able to get property tax reform the way they want it because some of it may have to go before the voters. So they want to get the impasse done. And also, gridlock is something that people don't like.
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