By: Bailes (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.C.R. No. 59          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;   May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State   Affairs; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION     WHEREAS, For too long, Congress has proven itself fiscally   irresponsible and has created a crushing national debt through   improvident and imprudent spending; and          WHEREAS, The deleterious effect of this fiscal mismanagement   on our economy and the strength of our nation is ongoing and the   consequences of inaction are severe; and          WHEREAS, Setting a federal budget is an essential aspect of   governing, and Congress must accept its responsibility to regularly   pass a budget bill; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas   hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to pass a   budget; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to   the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of   Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the   members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that   this resolution be officially entered into the Congressional Record   as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.     * * * * *