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Texas House votes to slash Gov. Rick Perry's budget.Oh SNAP! (http://digg.com/d1p11g - broken link)
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AUSTIN – House members virtually wiped out Gov. Rick Perry's office budget Friday in order to help veterans and the mentally ill.
With little debate, the House on a voice vote approved erasing 96 percent of the nearly $24 million that budget writers had recommended for Perry's office operation over the next two years.
Some Democrats cast the House's move as a rebuke of the governor's recent comments about Texas seceding from the Union.
"That's the headline: 'Two days after governor says we ought to secede, House zeroes out the governor's budget,' " said Appropriations Committee vice chairman Richard Raymond, D-Laredo.
However, most Republicans said they went along simply to speed debate of the state budget – a debate that could last into Saturday.
"At the end of the day, the governor will be fully funded," said House GOP caucus chairman Larry Taylor of Friendswood.
Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle said, "I think they're just playing silly games."
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