Budget deal could free $830 million for Texas schools

WASHINGTON — The 11th-hour deal struck Friday night to avert a government shutdown could end up pumping $830 million into the Texas budget.

At stake is a rule Texas Democrats in Congress inserted into a $10 billion emergency jobs package last summer. That rule, known as the Doggett Amendment, says

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