Texas state senator files bill for $1,500 payments to every household

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State Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D) has filed Senate Bill 297, according to The Hill and Breitbart News, proposing a one-time $1,500 payment to every Texas household, funded by $17 billion from the state’s rainy day fund. The plan follows a promise by Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) to send one-time checks. Townhall reports that the bill sets only residence as an eligibility test and does not mention citizenship or Social Security numbers. Townhall also notes that the plan still needs approval and that checks are not on the way.

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State Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D) filed Senate Bill 297 proposing one-time $1,500 payments to every Texas household.
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The Hill
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Townhall, Breitbart News
The bill would appropriate $17 billion from the state’s rainy day fund.
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The Hill
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Breitbart News
Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) promised one-time checks to Texas households during her campaign.
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The Hill
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Breitbart News
The bill sets residence as the only eligibility test and does not mention citizenship or Social Security numbers.
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Townhall, Breitbart News
The bill still needs approval, and no checks have been issued.
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All three outlets report that state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D) filed a bill for $1,500 payments to every Texas household, funded by $17 billion from the rainy day fund. Right-side outlets stress the bill does not exclude illegal aliens, while The Hill ties it to Hinojosa’s promise.

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The Hill’s headline reports a Texas Democrat filing a bill to follow through on a governor-elect’s check promise, without any immigration angle.
Texas Democrat files bill to follow through on Hinojosa's $1.5K check promise
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2 outlets
Both right-side outlets headline the bill as covering every household including illegal aliens, and the far-right outlets make that the center of the headline.
Texas Democrat Files Bill to Give $1,500 to Every Household -- Including Dehumanizing label“Illegal Aliens”Labels the people who would receive payments by legal status, a label that frames them before the eligibility rules are discussed.More neutral: people without legal statusDisagree with this highlight?
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illegal aliens

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illegal aliensMore neutral: unauthorized immigrant or noncitizen without legal status
Appears in some statutes but is widely read as dehumanizing; 'alien' frames people as foreign objects rather than residents.
…a campaign promise by Governor-Elect Gina Hinojosa and would include payments to illegal aliens.
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the filing of Senate Bill 297
Hinojosa’s campaign promise of checks
$17 billion from the rainy day fund

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The HillCenter
Texas Democrat files bill to follow through on Hinojosa's $1.5K check promise
A Texas state senator has filed a bill to follow through on a promise by Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D) to give one-time checks to all Texas households. State Sen. …
1 day agoRead at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

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payments to illegal aliens
Democratic sponsorship of the bill
use of the rainy day fund

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TownhallFar Right
Texas Democrats Push Bill Giving $1,500 to Each Household – Including Dehumanizing label“Illegal Aliens”Labels the people who would receive payments by legal status, a label that frames them before the eligibility rules are discussed.More neutral: people without legal statusDisagree with this highlight?
Texas Democrats are pushing a measure that would send a one-time $1,500 payment to each qualified household. Democrats took over the state House in the midterm elections, but Republicans still hold control of the Texas Senate.
17 hr agoRead at Townhall (opens in a new tab)
Breitbart NewsFar Right
Texas Democrat Files Bill to Give $1,500 to Every Household -- Including Dehumanizing label“Illegal Aliens”Labels the people who would receive payments by legal status, a label that frames them before the eligibility rules are discussed.More neutral: people without legal statusDisagree with this highlight?
A Texas Democrat filed a bill this week in the State Senate to give $1,500 to every household in the Lone Star State. The one-time payment from the Texas Rainy Day Fund would fulfill a campaign promise by Governor-Elect Gina Hinojosa and would include payments to Dehumanizing label“illegal aliens”Appears in some statutes but is widely read as dehumanizing; 'alien' frames people as foreign objects rather than residents.More neutral: unauthorized immigrant, noncitizen without legal statusDisagree with this highlight?.
1 day agoRead at Breitbart News (opens in a new tab)

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6 hr 13 min later
Its first report, Nov 11, 4:53 PM EST
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Breitbart NewsFar RightNov 11, 10:40 AM EST
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