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I think the Senate passed it in April.<br/><br/>http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/21934795/senate-approves-drug-testing-for-welfare</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809065915/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153358534480837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809065915/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153245408135915"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809065915im_/http://graph.facebook.com/10153245408135915/picture?type=square"/> </a> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 8 @ 10:04 a.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809065915/http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10153245408135915">Mark Cathcart</a> </span> via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809065915/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153358534480837">Texas Tribune on Facebook</a> </p> <p class="comment">Interesting piece of reporting, thanks for pulling this togther Texas Tribune. Do you think its fair to infer anything from the areas each didn't address?</p> <ul class="actions clearfix"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150809065915/https://www.facebook.com/texastribune/posts/10153358534480837"><span>+</span> Reply</a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 8 @ 1:17 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> donald baker </span> </p> <p class="comment">The ethics bill was destroyed by Bryon Cook who turned it into a corrupt incumbent protection act wtih unconstitutional restrictions on the right of political free speech. Cook has a primary challenger and needs to be defeated.</p> </div> <div style="clear: both;"></div> </li> <li> <div class="comment_author_image"> </div> <div class="comment_body"> <div class="comment_time"> July 8 @ 5:50 p.m. </div> <p class="byline"> <span class="author"> Ogie Wilson </span> </p> <p class="comment">I am no fan of Byron Cook for a lot of reasons. But this crap about trying to tie "Dark Money" in politics to political free speech is BS. And a grownup will need to file against Cook, not this child that is currently running. Conservatives and Tea Party members I know do not like anonymous money in political campaigns and vote against those who think it is okay. 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