AUSTIN — A deal on a new Texas budget that includes $2 billion for a new state water fund and partly reverses historic classroom spending cuts appeared within reach Tuesday in a possible breakthrough between the House and Senate after talks had stalled.
“We’re going to have a deal on everything,” said Republican state Rep. Jim Pitts, the House budget chief.
The Legislature adjourns May 27. A spending deal between the House and Senate would not definitively avert a special summer session, but would resolve the biggest order of business left for lawmakers.