Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Texas legislators confronting a budget crisis of biblical proportions refuse to seriously discuss repealing a natural-gas-tax loophole that costs Texas more than $1 billion a year. Sniffing through legislators' personal finances, Lobby Watch finds that one in four lawmakers has a personal stake in at least one of the top gas producers in Texas.

Some members clearly are passing gas in the Capitol. Find out who in the new Lobby Watch.