Voted that Tax Dollars Can Be Used to Purchase Single-Family Homes: House of Bad Cards

HB 104 proposed funding the Texas Future Fund, a $5 billion investment account carved out of the Economic Stabilization Fund (Rainy Day Fund) to support emerging technologies and industries such as frontier tech and national defense.

Democrat Rep. Vikki Goodwin offered an amendment that would have prohibited "an entity or project in which an investment is made from using that investment to purchase single-family housing."

While Rep. Goodwin is a Democrat, we don't know any Texan who wants the Texas government to allow a part of the government or any organization receiving your taxpayer dollars from the government to buy single-family housing with your money. Do you?

Who would be okay with that when rising property taxes can take homes from people today??

The smart representative paying attention would have voted for the amendment. Regrettably, too many of our representatives have no problem with the government spending your money in ways you would never approve. And two of our Republicans who voted the right way used a statement of vote to tell us that they really meant to vote the wrong way. Fair enough - we'll take their word for it.

GOP Platform Conflict: Principles 4 (limited government) and 5 (personal responsibility). Government overreach contradicts free-market principles. Plank 62 emphasizes fiscal responsibility.

RV#1362: Yea 48 (R 9, D 39) - Nay 76 (R 68, D 8)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Cole; Davis, A.; Dean; Dutton; Flores; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, J.; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Hinojosa; Hopper; Jones, J.; Lalani; Little; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Meza; Money; Moody; Perez, V.; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Rodriguez Ramos; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Tinderholt; Vo; Ward Johnson; Wu; Zweiner

Nay - Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hull; Isaac; Kerwin; Kitzman; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Morales, E.; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Phelan; Richardson; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Walle; Wharton; Wilson

Absent - Bucy; Harrison; Howard; Hunter; King; Lopez, R.; Lowe; Morales Shaw

Present, Not Voting - Burrows; Landgraf

Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.

Jay Dean: "When Record No. 1362 was taken, I was shown voting yes. I intended to vote no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)

Todd Hunter: "When Record No. 1362 was taken, I was in the house but away from my desk. I would have voted no." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)