Senate Passes Ban On Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying
Long-awaited legislation to stop local governments from using taxpayer dollars to lobby against taxpayers received tentative approval in the Texas Senate on Thursday. Erin Anderson has the details.
https://texasscorecard.com/state/texas-senate-votes-to-ban-taxpayer-funded-lobbying/
Senate Bill 175 by State Sen. Mayes Middleton (R–Galveston) prohibits public funds from being used to hire paid lobbyists.
Not only does the measure prohibit political subdivisions from spending public funds on “hired gun” lobbyists, it also prohibits the use of public funds to pay a nonprofit state association or organization that primarily represents political subdivisions, if the organization hires or contracts with lobbyists.
“It’s not a partisan issue, and shouldn’t be,” said Middleton, citing polls that show strong bipartisan support for the ban among Texas voters.
But since the taxpayer-funded lobbyists heavily push leftist narratives, the Senate vote split straight down party lines.
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