Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed 77 bills passed during the 88th session to make a point about his own agenda on property tax relief and school vouchers.
Bee Moorhead, executive director of the interfaith group Texas Impact, said Abbott's rationale for many of his vetoes sets this session apart.
The only time in recent memory when a governor has used the veto without negotiation was in 2001. First-term Gov. Rick Perry, elevated when former Gov. George W. Bush went to the White House, vetoed. In the end, that was determined to be a breakdown in communication between the governor's office and the two chambers, a mistake that was corrected in subsequent sessions.
That decision also puts state agencies in the crosshairs, said Moorhead, pointing to a fairly minor bill Abbott vetoed that would have capped interest rates on consumer loans. Abbott's veto proclamation notes House Bill 4219, supported by a coalition of consumer lenders, is important,“You’re dragging a bunch of people — who don’t have anything to do with your thing — into it,” Moorhead said of the bill, which gave direction to the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner.
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