May 29, 2015 5:38 PM

Updated: Texas House passes HB 1 on a vote of 115 to 33

"Show the speaker voting aye"

A handful of Texas House members on Friday afternoon made passionate last stands against House Bill 1, the $209 billion biennial state budget before the lower chamber passed it 133 to 15. The Senate had already approved the conference committee version, so it now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.

There were loud cheers as Speaker Joe Straus, who rarely votes, said from the dais “Show the Speaker voting aye.”

While the last several days were filled with Tea Party sturm und drang, it was largely Democrats who lined up at both mics today to rail against things done and undone.

Most of those who spoke objected to the $800 million allocated for border security through the Department of Public Safety, a $300 million bump over the original House budget and one that lawmakers said came with no accountability measures or meaningful oversight.

By Emily DePrang