Yesterday marked the end of the Texas Legislature’s constitutionally defined regular session. We asked readers to grade the session’s results overall, by assigning a school-style grade of a A, B, C, or F.
Here’s how readers explained the grades they gave…
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“They did not follow directions, or complete the tasks given them.” – Diane Galando
“Their feeble attempts toward ‘property tax reform’ never addresses the soaring property appraisals driving our tax increases.” – Jude Schexnyder
“I give it a C- because they failed to deliver on property tax relief, spent WAY more money than they should have, and failed to restore the AG’s powers to prosecute election crimes. Maybe my C- was too generous.” – Earl Carter
“I almost gave the Legislature an ‘F’ but ended with a ‘C’ due to foreign ownership of Texas land being banned.” – DeeDee Winter
“We pack the House and Senate with professed “conservatives”, then watch them pull the same crap every session.” – Walt Hall
“The budget is excessive. There was little property tax relief. Medicaid should not go to ANY illegal aliens.” – J. Scott Skinner
“Didn’t lower my taxes and the elections are not secure.” – Joyce Rees.
“Solidly an F, primarily due to a House that was, yet again, torpedoed by RINOs. The House did almost none of the high-priority work they were sent to Austin to accomplish. While the Senate made some progress, how could they let the budget balloon like that? Both chambers need a little DOGE backbone.” – Jeff Houghton
“The Senate did ok, but the House needs .to be revamped.” – Lisa Escolas
“If this session was a real project at a real company, then the entire lot of legislators would receive a written warning for ‘failure to accomplish clearly set goals.’” – Chris Carey
“Until dramatic property tax reform is enacted and the loss of my home is no longer an issue, my legislators have failed me miserably. Texas carries a multi-billion dollar surplus so there is no reason to ignore tax reform.” – Dana Kay
“I gave this 89th Legislative Session an F because both the House and Senate did not fully fulfill the 8 Texas GOP Legislative Priorities.” – Denise Lunski
“My overall grade of ‘C’ is mainly due to the pitiful performance of the Texas House. The Senate gets an A- or B+, but it’s time for people to engage at the primary level and get rid of the RINOs in the House.” – Mark Henley
“The legislature always goes down to the line. Spending more and giving back to Texans as little as possible!” – Donna de Socarraz
“Not as bad as I had expected with RINO’s like Will Metcalf, Cecil Bell, Dade Phelan and Dustin Burrows in the House conspiring with democrats to eliminate conservative legislation, but I am disappointed in the puny property tax relief and enormous state spending budget that was passed.” – Malcom Rae
“Grade: F. The 89th Texas Legislature failed Texans by prioritizing the interests of well-funded lobbyists over the needs of everyday citizens.” – Melissa Rowell
“The House flunked but the senate got a B+.” – Jack Pendergraph
“Property taxes needed to have been eliminated!” – Debra Davis
“They over-tax us, fail to give us a refund, then spend it to subsidize an industry that makes millions of dollars to ‘entertain’ us.” – Steve Sullivan
“Based on end results alone, I gave the session a C. But if we were judging overall behavior it would definitely be an F.” – Fran Rhodes
“The 89th Texas Senate deserves a C+ where the House deserves an F.” – Susan Valliant
“We elect those who say they are conservatives, but the delays, votes and general distain shown towards the voters prove them false.” – B.D. Marshall
“I give them a C. They took too long to get started and guaranteed they wouldn’t finish strong, so they didn’t.” – Charlene Roberson
“I don’t think I have ever seen the ‘smoke and mirrors’ machine worked so hard. We have a lot of (D)s in (R) cloaks in Austin.” – David Monson
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