From Texas Monthly’s Burka Blog:

Senate Finance chair Steve Ogden says that Senate leaders are considering naming a subcommittee of Finance to review tax exemptions.

“In order to get to 21 votes, I’ve got to look at everything — including cuts, using the Rainy Day Fund and finding non-tax revenue,” he said today. “”Before it’s all over, I suspect it (the state’s next biennial spending plan) will be a combination of the three.”

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