Bush needed a tax cut to take on his presidential road show. It didn't matter that nobody in Texas had asked for a tax cut.
Negotiations are still ongoing, when it comes to the final form of the education bill.
Let's just see what happens. I'm confident I'm going to have a good education bill that I'll be able to sign. I believe we are going to have a very good education package that will have teacher pay, and good strong property tax cuts, as well as sales tax and business tax cuts. I think it's best, that you'll see, as the day works, you will see we will end up with a good package that all of Texas can live with. Mandatory kindergarten will not be in the bill.