Quorum Report: Budget conferees are upbeat at their first meeting, now they get down to work

April 24, 2017 6:31 PM Budget conferees are upbeat at their first meeting, now they get down to work Despite talk that “We’re Team Texas!” the two chambers remain bitterly at odds over the method of finance Chair Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, put an upbeat note on conference committee negotiations as the two chambers met for the first time on *Senate Bill 1.* “We’re not Team House or Team Senate,” Nelson said, paraphrasing earlier comments of her co-chair Rep. John Zerwas, Richmond. “We’re Team Texas.” Nelson, who opened the meeting, was intentionally conciliatory in her assessment of the chances of a conference committee agreement. By Kimberly Reeves
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