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Texas House Democrats know they are going to lose. Maybe not this week. Maybe not next week. But at some point, they will have to vote on voter integrity legislation and they will lose. They know this and the media knows this. Yet, the Democrats are willing to kill other pieces of legislation that would help so many, just so they can vacation in Washington and be seen on CNN and MSNBC.
While all the focus has been on Democrats killing voter integrity legislation, there are other pieces of legislation that are less partisan that will die if Democrats decide to hold up in Washington, D.C.
Now without a quorum present in the House, it’s stalled.
“The Democrats who’ve left the state must come back so that we can deliver this much-needed relief to our teachers,” said Representative Greg Bonnen (R-Friendswood) in a press conference Wednesday.
It’s something groups like the Texas Retired Teachers’ Association has fought for every legislative session, saying the average Texas Retirement System monthly annuity is $2,096.
“Our retired teachers in Texas are part of a group called the Teacher Retirement System. They don’t have social security. They have fixed incomes that don’t change over time unless the legislature offers some sort of benefit enhancement,” said Executive Director Tim Lee.
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Before it collapsed in 2019, the Dubai-based Abraaj was the world’s biggest private equity firm focused on emerging markets, with some $14 billion of assets under management. Its founder and chief executive, the charismatic Karachi-born Arif Naqvi now stands accused of unprecedented fraud and theft to the tune of $780 million. He is appealing an extradition order from London to the US, where he faces up to 291 years in jail. Two reporters associated with the Wall Street Journal,
who first broke the story of problems at Abraaj, have penned a book detailing their investigations. The book, published internationally on July 8, is based on official indictments, on Abraaj emails that became a part of the court record and interviews with over 150 people, including 70 who worked for Abraaj.
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