Top Republican Leg priorities | by GlennM
More via Texans for Texas, the Lone Star Report's list of the top republican Legislative priorities.
Under the general topics I've pulled out interesting quotes about the republican base. For the complete article, follow the link above.
Public School Finance
Education Reform
Rural Republicans often oppose school choice, but many key Republicans, both inside and outside the Capitol, want vouchers.
Relations between the leadership and key Republican leaders are worth watching. It’s no secret that many key GOP leaders do not get along with the teacher groups. Their relations with the administrator and school board groups are more complex.
The Budget and Taxes
Many Republicans want to restore money to the Children’s Health Insurance Program. But others want to limit the growth of government.
Another issue likely to surface is whether to cap appraisal growth on homes and other reforms to appraisal districts. This is an issue of particular importance to Harris County Republicans but enjoys some support from Republicans in other parts of the state. There is also some key GOP opposition to appraisal caps.
Health Care
Also, Republicans will likely continue their trend toward increasing consumer-directed care in both private and public health programs, focusing on the new federal health savings accounts.
Workers Compensation
Child and Adult Protective Services Reform
Public Utility Commission Sunset
Transportation
The toll road issue has become a major political liability to many Republican House members, many of whom want to revisit this issue. But so far most of the bill filings revolve around local controversies (i.e. Don't turn a highway in my district into a toll road my constituents hate).
This is becoming a re-election issue for many members, making it much more difficult for the leadership to summarily kill a GOP-led toll road revolt.