May 27 The clock is ticking down in the Texas Legislature as tensions between House and Senate leadership and Gov. Greg Abbott appear to mount. Lawmakers have until May 31 to get bills to Abbott's desk, but the House and Senate have signaled frustrations with the opposite chamber in the final days of the regular session. The failure of three of Lt. Dan Patrick's top bills on Tuesday in the .
By failing to hear a critical bill before a Senate deadline to pass certain legislation, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick may force lawmakers to come back for a special legislative
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