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April 16, 2021 5:13 PM
The Washington Post first obtained the CMS letter and reports the "decision is seen as an effort to push Texas officials toward expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act to cover more low-income residents"
The scoop from the
Washington Post:
The Biden administration
on Friday rescinded approval for changes to Texas’s Medicaid program granted by
the Trump administration, saying that federal Medicaid officials “materially
erred” by speeding approval for the state’s $100 billion-plus request in January.
The decision was characterized as an effort to push state officials toward
accepting the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, which would cover more
low-income residents, said two federal health officials, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. Texas, which has more
uninsured people than any other state, is one of 12 that have not expanded the
program.
“[W]e are
rescinding the approval issued on January 15, 2021,” because it did not go
through the full federal rulemaking process, Liz Richter, the acting
administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, wrote in a
letter to Texas officials obtained by The Washington Post.
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April 16, 2021 12:50 PM
Think tank changes, campaign veterans, and more
Nerves are fraying,
emotionally draining debates are unfolding here in mid-April, and yet somehow
there are quite a few political professionals who just this week are making
their very first office visits of the legislative session. COVID-19 fears are
diminishing now as vaccines are becoming more evenly distributed throughout the
community. But some restrictions on movement in the Texas Capitol
complex remain nearly as strict as when the protests of last summer were still raging
in the streets.
We’ve managed to go from a legislative session that was
laser-focused on coronavirus and the ice storm to a red meat free for all. Jeremy
Wallace and I delved into that on this week’s podcast.
Meantime, career news has
been a little harder to come by the last couple weeks. Most folks in the
Capitol are now settled into their roles for at least the next six weeks as we
head toward sine die. People will start moving around again after that, you
would expect. If you do have career news to share, though, feel free to send it
anytime to ksbraddock@gmail.com. Please
use POTM in the subject line. The Capitol community is always interested.
Here’s the latest edition of People on the Move.
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By Scott Braddock
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April 15, 2021 5:22 PM
Rep. Meyer, R-Dallas, voted against it, Rep. Chen Button was present not voting. Rep Guerra, by the way, was off the floor because of an unexpected death in his family and returned to the district this morning
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April 15, 2021 12:07 PM
Republican leadership rejected an amendment to bar the State of Texas from lobbying in DC while voting to bar cities and counties from lobbying in Austin; Sen. Gutierrez did successfully argue for an amendment to allow local government to lobby on issues related to the military
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April 14, 2021 9:49 AM
Rep. Brady broke the news of his retirement in prepared remarks to the The Woodlands Chamber of Commerce, a group he once led
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April 14, 2021 6:20 AM
Senators also voted overwhelmingly to put lawmakers, not the governor, squarely in charge of whether businesses can be ordered to shut down during a disaster
A constitutional amendment
to put state lawmakers back at the decision table during disasters and
emergencies passed the Texas Senate late Tuesday. The enabling
legislation, meantime, was stripped of an amendment that would allow lawmakers
to override a governor’s executive orders.
Sen. Brian Birdwell,
R-Granbury, was frank about the outlines of his bill, which has more than a
dozen co-sponsors: He stripped out the parts that were being sponsored by other
Senators and landed on a bill that could gain the supermajority needed for a constitutional
amendment.
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April 14, 2021 6:00 AM
The news overnight from
the Dallas Morning News:
Former Texas Lt. Gov. David
Dewhurst was arrested Tuesday afternoon in Dallas on a domestic-violence
charge. Dallas police announced the arrest just before midnight Tuesday. According
to police, officers were called about 5:15 p.m. about a disturbance in the 3300
block of West Mockingbird Lane, near Dallas Love Field. They spoke to a woman
who said she had been assaulted by a man she knew. Police said they identified
Dewhurst as a suspect, and he was taken into custody on a misdemeanor charge of
family-violence assault and booked into the Dallas County jail.
Jail records showed that
he had been booked into the facility about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. His bail had
not been set, and it was unclear whether he had an attorney. Dallas police said
the department’s public integrity unit would conduct the investigation.
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April 13, 2021 3:49 PM
"More than 8,300 donors join to push the former fighter pilot to Congress in the Texas Special Election," per his campaign for congress
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April 13, 2021 3:45 PM
Under SB 1529 by Chair Huffman, the proposed appellate court would consist of 5 justices elected statewide and deal with all matters related to the state, state agencies, and state actors
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April 12, 2021 5:46 PM
Bonnen and the LBB acknowledge a combination of factors – higher property values, less-than-expected school attendance increases, and federal funds from the CARES Act – have freed up $5.5 billion to balance the House budget
The Texas House Appropriations
Committee voted out its budget and supplemental budget on close to
unanimous votes Monday morning, with promises from Chair Greg Bonnen,
R-Friendswood, that compromises and revisions will continue to be made.
Chairman Bonnen provided a
list of highlights before the vote:
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April 12, 2021 1:43 PM
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