Session fell short in many ways
Star-Telegram | 05/30/2005 | Session fell short in many ways: "House Speaker Tom Craddick on Sunday rejected assertions by other top state officials that he scuttled a last-minute deal to salvage a sweeping school finance bill meant to be the centerpiece of the legislative session that ends today.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who presides over the Texas Senate, suggested that an 11th-hour 'agreement in principle' had been hammered out late Saturday night by him, Gov. Rick Perry and a team of key lawmakers. Then Craddick pulled the plug, Dewhurst contended.
Perry's staff and key Senate negotiators also said they thought they had the makings of a deal to enact a sweeping school finance overhaul package giving teachers a substantial pay raise while cutting property taxes.
Craddick insisted that what senators and the governor's office brought to him was not a deal but some vague concepts that couldn't possibly have been translated into complex legislative language in enough time to be printed and considered properly.
'There was no agreement last night,' Craddick told reporters Sunday. 'We are universes apart.'"
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who presides over the Texas Senate, suggested that an 11th-hour 'agreement in principle' had been hammered out late Saturday night by him, Gov. Rick Perry and a team of key lawmakers. Then Craddick pulled the plug, Dewhurst contended.
Perry's staff and key Senate negotiators also said they thought they had the makings of a deal to enact a sweeping school finance overhaul package giving teachers a substantial pay raise while cutting property taxes.
Craddick insisted that what senators and the governor's office brought to him was not a deal but some vague concepts that couldn't possibly have been translated into complex legislative language in enough time to be printed and considered properly.
'There was no agreement last night,' Craddick told reporters Sunday. 'We are universes apart.'"
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