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class="cell w-8 main_column"> <article class="last"> <header> <h1>A Look at How House, Senate Budgets Compare</h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150626235111/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/" rel="author">Aman Batheja</a> and <a href="/web/20150626235111/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/" rel="author">Becca Aaronson</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 24 Apr 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-24 06:00"> April 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150626235111/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/24/house-senate-budget-comparison/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <aside> <ul class="social_links"> <li class="comment"> <a href="/web/20150626235111/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/24/house-senate-budget-comparison/comments/" title=""> <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> <span>Comment</span> </a> </li> <li 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class="icon-facebook"></i> <span>Recommend</span> </a> </li> </ul> </aside> <div class="content"> <p>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.</p> <p>The House <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626235111/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/01/final-version-budget-story/" target="_blank">passed a $209.8 billion budget more than three weeks ago</a> after nearly 18 hours of debate. More than a week ago, the Senate <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626235111/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/14/senate-approves-211-billion-budget/" target="_blank">passed its own version of the budget</a>, which totals $211.4 billion. This week, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626235111/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/22/straus-taps-house-team-budget-negotiations/" target="_blank">House</a> and the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626235111/https://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/23/senate-announces-budget-negotiation-team/" target="_blank">Senate </a>announced who would be serving on a conference committee to resolve differences between the two plans.</p> <p>Here’s a look at how the two budget proposals compare, using <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626235111/http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Documents/Appropriations_Bills/84/2355_CSHB1_Summary.pdf" target="_blank">information</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626235111/http://www.lbb.state.tx.us/Documents/Appropriations_Bills/84/2344_SCSHB1_Summary.pdf" target="_blank">from the</a> Legislative Budget Board. Included are details on some areas where the plans diverge.</p> <p><em>Julián Aguilar, Ryan McCrimmon, Morgan Smith, Alexa Ura, Edgar Walters, Matthew Watkins and Alana Rocha contributed to this report.</em></p> <div id="pym-graphic"> </div> <script src="//web.archive.org/web/20150626235111js_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/graphics.texastribune.org/graphics/budget-comparison-84th-lege/scripts/pym/pym.min.js"></script> <script> var url = '//web.archive.org/web/20150626235111/http://s3.amazonaws.com/graphics.texastribune.org/graphics/budget-comparison-84th-lege/index.html'; var pymParent = new pym.Parent('pym-graphic', url, {}); </script> </div> <aside> <ul class="social_links"> <li class="comment"> <a href="/web/20150626235111/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/24/house-senate-budget-comparison/comments/" title=""> <i class="icon-comments-alt"></i> <span>Comment</span> </a> </li> <li class="republish"> <a href="/web/20150626235111/http://www.texastribune.org/content/republish/85137/"> <i 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