Texas Attorney General has been racking up bills suing the national government:
The
Texas attorney general's office has filed 24 lawsuits against the
federal government since Obama took office — litigation that has cost
the state $2.58 million and more than 14,113 hours spent by staff and
state lawyers working those cases.
Many
of those have resulted in defeats, including the recent high-profile
lawsuits defending Texas' strict law requiring voters to show picture ID
at the polls and the new state-approved voting districts that a federal
appeals court ruled were discriminatory toward minorities. Those two
cases alone cost more than $2 million, according to records obtained by The Associated Press using the Freedom of Information Act.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
said the costs are worth it, calling the litigation "a fight against
the unprecedented ideology coming from the Obama administration." In an
interview, he said the legal battles he wages are meant to promote
industry and protect Texas jobs.
