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Texas: AG Paxton sues Biden admin to block $1.7 trillion ‘Omnibus Bill’

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration in an effort to stop part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which is the $1.7 trillion omnibus bill that passed unconstitutionally, he said.

Paxton originally filed the lawsuit in February. He stated that former speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi D-Ca, was ‘deceptive’ and “circumvented the constitutional requirement that a quorum be present to conduct business.”

The report released by Paxton on Twitter Wednesday, states that the Constitution requires more the half of Congress to be present in order to have a quorum, if not, congress must only “adjourn from day to day” or “compel the attendance of absent members.”

“We’re suing the Biden Admin to block the unconstitutional $1.7 trillion omnibus package. Today, I filed for an injunction to stop its enactment and prevent millions of dollars from going to illegal immigrants in Texas,” Paxton tweeted.

Paxton, said that Pelosi had the absent members of the House ‘vote by proxy,’ allowing her to “mark them present.”  That action, is in and of itself, unconstitutional. Moreover, Paxton added that since the House unconstitutionally passed the bill, then President Joe Biden  signature for the bill is unlawful. In this case, it is against the law for the Biden administration to implement it as a law, according to the report.

 

AG Paxton: 

“Americans deserve better than Joe Biden teaming up with Nancy Pelosi to deceitfully enact trillion-dollar legislation by violating rules, clearly mandated in the constitution. The consequences of their lawlessness and deception are going to be felt all across our state. It is crucial that are legal system stop these acute harms-such as the millions of dollars facilitating illegal immigration from-being imposed on Texans.”

You can follow Alexander Carter on Twitter @AlexCarterDC

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BREAKING: Disney drops suit challenging special district status in settlement with Florida, DeSantis

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A settlement was reached Wednesday in the two-year lawsuit over who controls the special governing district that encompasses the Walt Disney World Resort, which includes Disney dropping its lawsuitsagainst a newly created tourism board.

“We are glad that Disney has dropped its lawsuits against the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District and conceded that their last-minute development agreements are null, void, and unenforceable,” Bryan Griffin, DeSantis’ communications director, said in a statement. “No corporation should be its own government. Moving forward, we stand ready to work with Disney and the District to help promote economic growth, family-friendly tourism, and accountable government in Central Florida.”

Fox News explains the dispute began “after Disney’s criticism of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act – derided by critics as the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill – prompted the DeSantis administration to revoke the special Disney-controlled tax district that gave the entertainment autonomy over its theme parks in the region.”

“No corporation should be its own government,” Bryan Griffin, a spokesman for the governor, said in an emailed statement. “Moving forward, we stand ready to work with Disney and the District to help promote economic growth, family-friendly tourism, and accountable government in Central Florida.”

Misleadingly deemed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, prohibited the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity to young students in the state. National Review reports:

After receiving pressure from employees, Disney’s then-CEO, Bob Chapek, said that the company’s leaders had been opposed to the bill “from the outset,” and Disney declared that the legislation “should never have passed and should never have been signed into law.”

In February 2023, DeSantis signed House Bill 9B, which established the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District to replace Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. Reedy Creek was a 56-year-old special taxing district that allowed Disney control its own development, regulations, building codes, and other municipal services.

Lawmakers voted to give the governor the power to appoint the district’s board members.

However, before a DeSantis-appointed board took over last March, the Disney-controlled board handed control of the district’s development over to Disney…

As part of the settlement, Disney acknowledges that the development agreement approved by the outgoing Reedy Creek board has “no legal effect or enforceability.”

As for the media reports that DeSantis had been humiliated and out-maneuvered by Disney, Griffin said that “as usual, the media were wrong.”

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