WASHINGTON — Gov. Rick Perry , in his State of the State speech Tuesday, demanded that Congress free up $830 million for Texas schools — prompting a denunciation from Democrats who say he just wants the money to help plug the state’s huge budget hole.
Last summer, Texas Democrats in Congress secured a provision in federal law that says Texas, to get the federal money, must promise not to cut its own spending on education for three years. Perry says he can’t legally promise that, and on Tuesday, he renewed complaints about congressional meddling, calling out Democratic U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Austin, who authored the provision.
Huisman reports from our DC bureau: http://dallasne.ws/ghgus4
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