SB 627 by Menéndez: Corporate Welfare

PRO-TAXPAYER POSITION

Oppose

House Record Vote: 2013

SB 627 seeks to allow for the subsidization of convention center projects in certain cities. Corporate welfare is opposed to the idea of free market enterprise and the philosophy should be abandoned and replaced with instead with lowering regulation and taxes. The government picking winners and losers through “incentives” only hurt free enterprise and stifles competition. For this reason, TFR opposes SB 627.

PRO-TAXPAYER POSITION

Oppose

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Vote Breakdown:

107

Pro-Taxpayer
Anti-Taxpayer
Absent
Speaker
Absent, Excused
Present, not voting
Not Applicable

Legislator	District	Party	Vote
Alma Alma Allen	131	Democrat	X
Steve Steve Allison	121	Republican	X
Rafael Rafael Anchia	103	Democrat	X
Charles Charles Anderson		Republican	Absent
Trent Trent Ashby	9	Republican	X
Ernest Ernest Bailes	18	Republican	X
Cecil Cecil Bell	3	Republican	X
Keith Keith Bell	4	Republican	X
Diego Diego Bernal	123	Democrat	X
Salman Salman Bhojani	92	Democrat	X
Greg Greg Bonnen	24	Republican	X
Rhetta Rhetta Bowers	113	Democrat	X
John John Bryant	114	Democrat	X
Brad Brad Buckley	54	Republican	X
John John Bucy	136	Democrat	X
Benjamin Benjamin Bumgarner	63	Republican	Check
DeWayne DeWayne Burns	58	Republican	X
Dustin Dustin Burrows	83	Republican	Absent
Angie Angie Button	112	Republican	X
Briscoe Briscoe Cain	128	Republican	Check
Liz Liz Campos	119	Democrat	X
Terry Terry Canales	40	Democrat	X
Giovanni Giovanni Capriglione	98	Republican	X
Travis Travis Clardy	11	Republican	X
Sheryl Sheryl Cole	46	Democrat	X
Nicole Nicole Collier	95	Democrat	X
David David Cook	96	Republican	X
Philip Philip Cortez	117	Democrat	X
Tom Tom Craddick	82	Republican	X
Charles Charles Cunningham	127	Republican	X
Drew Drew Darby	72	Republican	X
Yvonne Yvonne Davis	111	Democrat	X
Jay Jay Dean	7	Republican	X
Mano Mano DeAyala	133	Republican	Check
Mark Mark Dorazio	122	Republican	Check
Harold Harold Dutton	142	Democrat	Absent
Trey Trey Fischer	116	Democrat	X
Lulu Lulu Flores	51	Democrat	X
James James Frank	69	Republican	Check
Frederick Frederick Frazier	61	Republican	X
Erin Erin Gamez	38	Democrat	X
Josey Josey Garcia	124	Democrat	X
Gary Gary Gates	28	Republican	Check
Stan Stan Gerdes	17	Republican	Check
Charlie Charlie Geren	99	Republican	X
Barbara Barbara Gervin-Hawkins	120	Democrat	X
Craig Craig Goldman	97	Republican	Check
Mary Mary González	75	Democrat	X
Jessica Jessica González	104	Democrat	X
Vikki Vikki Goodwin	47	Democrat	X
R.D. R.D. Guerra	41	Democrat	X
Ryan Ryan Guillen	31	Republican	X
Sam Sam Harless	126	Republican	X
Cody Cody Harris	8	Republican	PNV
Caroline Caroline Harris	52	Republican	Check
Brian Brian Harrison	10	Republican	Check
Richard Richard Hayes	57	Republican	Check
Cole Cole Hefner	5	Republican	Check
Ana Ana Hernandez	143	Democrat	X
Abel Abel Herrero	34	Democrat	A-EX
Gina Gina Hinojosa	49	Democrat	X
Justin Justin Holland	33	Republican	X
Donna Donna Howard	48	Democrat	X
Lacey Lacey Hull	138	Republican	Check
Todd Todd Hunter	32	Republican	X
Carrie Carrie Isaac	73	Republican	Check
Jacey Jacey Jetton	26	Republican	Check
Julie Julie Johnson	115	Democrat	X
Ann Ann Johnson	134	Democrat	X
Jarvis Jarvis Johnson	139	Democrat	X
Venton Venton Jones	100	Democrat	X
Jolanda Jolanda Jones	147	Democrat	X
Kyle Kyle Kacal	12	Republican	X
Tracy Tracy King	80	Democrat	X
Ken Ken King	88	Republican	X
Stan Stan Kitzman	85	Republican	Check
Stephanie Stephanie Klick	91	Republican	Absent
John John Kuempel	44	Republican	X
Suleman Suleman Lalani	76	Democrat	X
Stan Stan Lambert	71	Republican	X
Brooks Brooks Landgraf	81	Republican	X
Jeff Jeff Leach	67	Republican	Check
Terri Terri Leo-Wilson	23	Republican	Check
Oscar Oscar Longoria	35	Democrat	X
Janie Janie Lopez	37	Republican	X
Ray Ray Lopez	125	Democrat	X
J.M. J.M. Lozano	43	Republican	X
John John Lujan	118	Republican	X
Christian Christian Manuel	22	Democrat	X
Armando Armando Martinez	39	Democrat	X
Will Will Metcalf	16	Republican	Check
Morgan Morgan Meyer	108	Republican	X
Terry Terry Meza	105	Democrat	X
Joseph Joseph Moody	78	Democrat	X
Eddie Eddie Morales	74	Democrat	X
Christina Christina Morales	145	Democrat	X
Geanie Geanie Morrison	30	Republican	X
Sergio Sergio Muñoz	36	Democrat	X
Andrew Andrew Murr	53	Republican	X
Victoria Victoria Neave	107	Democrat	X
Candy Candy Noble	89	Republican	Check
Tom Tom Oliverson	130	Republican	Check
Angelia Angelia Orr	13	Republican	X
Lina Lina Ortega	77	Democrat	X
Jared Jared Patterson	106	Republican	Check
Dennis Dennis Paul	129	Republican	Check
Claudia Claudia Perez	79	Democrat	X
Mary Mary Perez	144	Democrat	X
Mihaela Mihaela Plesa	70	Democrat	X
Walter Walter Price	87	Republican	X
Ana-Maria Ana-Maria Ramos	102	Democrat	X
John John Raney	14	Republican	X
Richard Richard Raymond	42	Democrat	X
Ron Ron Reynolds	27	Democrat	X
Glenn Glenn Rogers	60	Republican	X
Ramon Ramon Romero	90	Democrat	X
Toni Toni Rose	110	Democrat	X
Jon Jon Rosenthal	135	Democrat	X
Matt Matt Schaefer	6	Republican	Check
Nate Nate Schatzline	93	Republican	Check
Mike Mike Schofield	132	Republican	X
Matt Matt Shaheen	66	Republican	Check
Penny Penny Shaw	148	Democrat	X
Carl Carl Sherman	109	Democrat	X
Hugh Hugh Shine	55	Republican	X
Shelby Shelby Slawson	59	Republican	Check
Reggie Reggie Smith	62	Republican	Check
John John Smithee	86	Republican	X
David David Spiller	68	Republican	Check
Lynn Lynn Stucky	64	Republican	X
Valoree Valoree Swanson	150	Republican	Check
James James Talarico	50	Democrat	X
Carl Carl Tepper	84	Republican	X
Shawn Shawn Thierry	146	Democrat	X
Kronda Kronda Thimesch	65	Republican	Check
Ed Ed Thompson	29	Republican	X
Senfronia Senfronia Thompson	141	Democrat	X
Tony Tony Tinderholt	94	Republican	Check
Steve Steve Toth	15	Republican	Check
Ellen Ellen Troxclair	19	Republican	X
Chris Chris Turner	101	Democrat	X
Gary Gary VanDeaver	1	Republican	X
Cody Cody Vasut	25	Republican	Check
Hubert Hubert Vo	149	Democrat	X
Armando Armando Walle	140	Democrat	X
Terry Terry Wilson	20	Republican	Check
Gene Gene Wu	137	Democrat	X
Erin Erin Zwiener	45	Democrat	X