A Texas federal judge ruled the 2022 $1.7tn US spending bill unconstitutional.

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a $1.7 trillion government spending bill passed in 2022 violated the US Constitution. The court found that the House of Representatives breached the Quorum Clause when it used a pandemic-era rule permitting non-present members to be included in the quorum count and to vote by proxy. This ruling comes after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested the courts to block provisions of the funding bill that gave pregnant workers stronger legal protections.

February 28, 2024
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