{"id":568645,"date":"2021-06-19T15:07:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568645"},"modified":"2021-06-19T15:09:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T19:09:24","slug":"governor-vetoes-funding-for-texas-legislature-after-showdown-over-voting-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-vetoes-funding-for-texas-legislature-after-showdown-over-voting-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Vetoes Funding For Texas Legislature After Showdown Over Voting Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgovernor-vetoes-funding-for-texas-legislature-after-showdown-over-voting-reform%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/E4Mdxj8X0AEvldq-e1624127715770.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed funding for the state\u2019s Legislature Friday after Democrats walked out at the last minute to oppose the GOP\u2019s new voting reform law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dFunding should not be provided for those who quit their job early, leaving their state with unfinished business and exposing taxpayers to higher costs for an additional legislative session,\u201d Abbott said in a statement obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/06\/18\/greg-abbott-veto-legislature-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Texas Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott was referencing Democrats\u2019 decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/31\/democrats-texas-state-capitol-greg-abbott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">walkout<\/a> in late May to prevent the Republican-controlled legislature from passing a series of voting reform bills.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.3684210526316\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An Abbott spox confirms that the governor vetoed all of Article X, which funds <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/txlege?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#txlege<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott\u2019s statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nyZ8NtGlyt\">https:\/\/t.co\/nyZ8NtGlyt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CWyQi5cwH9\">pic.twitter.com\/CWyQi5cwH9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cassi Pollock (@cassi_pollock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cassi_pollock\/status\/1406018507725225988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Critics claim Senate Bill 7 aims to target people of color and marginalized communities and restrict their voting access, making it harder to mail-in ballots and limiting Sunday voting. Proponents say its goal is to prevent potential voter fraud with new ID verification requirements. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/elections-2020-texas-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democrats Are Sounding The Alarm Over Texas\u2019 Election Bill. Here\u2019s What It Actually Does)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s veto makes good on his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/01\/greg-abbott-suspend-lawmakers-pay-democrats-walk-election-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promise<\/a> from earlier this month when he stated he will veto Article 10 that funds the legislature, its representatives and their staff.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats did not hide their outrage at Abbot\u2019s decision. Texas Democratic House Leader Chris Turner said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/texashousedems.com\/turner-with-tyrannical-veto-of-legislative-branch-abbott-is-out-of-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>, \u201cThe tyrannical veto of the legislative branch is the latest indication that Governor Greg Abbott is simply out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur caucus is exploring every option, including immediate legal options, to fight back against Greg Abbott\u2019s abuse of power,\u201d Turner added.<\/p>\n<p>Former 2020 presidential contender and Mayor of San Antonio, Julian Castro, also expressed his opposition <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianCastro\/status\/1406096989738127365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeting<\/a>, \u201cIn the middle of a state power crisis, Greg Abbott has decided to use his office to defund the legislative branch of Texas. Instead of addressing the crisis, he\u2019s using his office to play politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move seems to be unprecedented in Texas history, according to the Legislative Reference Library, and its constitutionality has been questioned by several Texas politicians and political scientists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/06\/03\/texas-greg-abbott-veto-article-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Texas Tribune reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed funding for the state\u2019s Legislature Friday after Democrats walked out at the last minute to oppose the GOP\u2019s new voting reform law.\u201dFunding should not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280776,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/E4Mdxj8X0AEvldq-e1624127715770.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Governor Vetoes Funding For Texas Legislature After Showdown Over Voting Reform","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-568645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/E4Mdxj8X0AEvldq-e1624127715770.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Governor Vetoes Funding For Texas Legislature After Showdown Over Voting Reform","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}