With threats of a special session and a derisive moniker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tries to pressure the House speaker into acting on his conservative priorities.
As legislative leaders quarrel over some of the session’s biggest issues, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has taken to flashing two wads of cash in a series of TV interviews: $1,060 in one hand and $800 in the other.
Those, he says, are the annual savings Texas homeowners could expect under the Texas Senate’s plan to control property tax growth. Importantly, he adds, only the Senate plan would provide those savings — the larger sum for homeowners age 65 and older, the smaller for all others.
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