Goodbye, House Bills

Today is the last day to run House bills. If they don't pass through the House today, they die. Tune in to the webcast, and, if someone really gets deep into a stem-winder, you might see some nervous legislators alternatively glancing at the clock and glaring at the Representative.

Tuition Tax Credits either passes out of the House today or it dies. Too close to call. Yesterday, I snuck a peek at The Daily Debate, to see how the tuition tax credit debate was going, and saw that my brother was going back and forth in the comment section (against my position). All I need now for my Roger Clinton/Billy Carter nightmare to come true is for my dad to find out I was wrong about the Internet not being available in Texas.

UPDATE (end of day): TTC failed by a vote of 34-40. It might have been closer, in reality, but one or two representatives might have jumped from the sinking ship. The bill was amended to include a $10,000,000 insurance fund, in case a district suffered a financial loss; this might have picked up a vote or two, but it also might have scared away a few. It's always tough to decipher motivations after the fact.