The (((pro-business))) Republicans in the house want to give foreigners and out of staters a tax breaks, the Senate want to give Texas homeowners the tax breaks. Call your state representatives and tell them you want the Senate's $100k homestead exemption. >It does feel odd siding with Patrick. Phelan's House is usually the more sensible chamber, coming closer to reflecting public opinion. Then again, the lieutenant governor’s populist bent isn’t new. While his political strength comes from the support of conservative activists, which drives his culture war extremism, from school library book bans to abortion restrictions with no exceptions for rape, Abbott and Phelan lean more to the traditional, pro-business side of the Republican party. >Abbott’s pure tax compression lowers school property taxes by swapping in more state revenue that comes mostly from the sales tax. That helps owners of any type of property — houses, skyscrapers, factories. Even out-of-state owners of very expensive second homes would get big breaks and there's no guarantee that landlords would pass savings on to renters. >Patrick’s proposal benefits more average homeowners, mostly because it increases the homestead exemption, intended only for primary residences. As such, it promises a bigger share of the tax relief to ordinary people who have one home that they live in, rather than multimillionaires and massive corporations.