Thursday, February 3, 2011

Texans Oppose Proposed Budget

AUSTIN -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Steve Ogden on Wednesday suggested a new use for Gov. Rick Perry's business-deal-closing Enterprise Fund: supporting a San Antonio charity that finds jobs for homeless people.
Ogden, R-Bryan, made the suggestion on the same day a parade of witnesses testified before his committee about the devastation to vulnerable Texans that would come from relying solely on budget cuts to meet a massive revenue shortfall.
Some Democratic committee members urged the witnesses — from parents of children with disabilities to advocates for services including home health care and nursing homes - to form an "army" of outraged Texans to change the tone of the budget discussion.

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