A Democratic Texas lawmaker this week appeared to become the first to file a proposal to implement Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa’s (D-TX) campaign pitch to send one-time checks to every household in the state.
State Sen. Roland Gutierrez’s bill proposed implementing Hinojosa’s idea to send $1,500 to eligible residents, which would cost $17 billion, by drawing money out of Texas’s “rainy day” savings fund. The Economic Stabilization Fund currently holds roughly $27 billion.
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