A Look at How House, Senate Budgets Compare

• by Aman Batheja and Becca Aaronson, The Texas Tribune
• April 14, 2015

As the Texas House and Senate prepare to hash out a compromise on the state budget in the coming weeks, their members will have plenty of issues to resolve.

The House passed a $209.8 billion budget two weeks ago after nearly 18 hours of debate. On Tuesday, the Senate passed its own version of the budget, which totals $211.4 billion.

Here’s a look at how the two budget proposals compare, using information from the Legislative Budget Board. Included are details on some areas where the plans diverge.

Julián Aguilar, Ryan McCrimmon, Morgan Smith, Alexa Ura, Edgar Walters, Matthew Watkins and Alana Rocha contributed to this report.

This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/14/house-senate-budget-comparison/.