False. Based on subset of agency budget requests, actually. Talmadge Heflin ·  Says the claims that Texas faces a $27 billion shortfall "are flat-out false.".
Talmadge Heflin · Says the claims that Texas faces a $27 billion shortfall "are flat- out false." — PolitiFact Texas on Wednesday, January 12th, 2011. Page 1 of 1.
Both Social Security and Medicare face long-term financing shortfalls under  currently ... for Medicare and are relatively flat for Social Security, reflecting very  gradual ... it has collected roughly $20.9 trillion and paid out $18.0 trillion, leaving  asset .... The Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Trust Fund held $88 billion  in ...
Talmadge Heflin, a former Texas House member who once chaired the House ...  Says the claims that Texas faces a $27 billion shortfall "are flat-out false.".
Oct 15, 2015 ... Instead of the success that some claim welfare reform to be, a close examination  .... data (rather than separating out expenditures for individual state programs). ...  States spent $8.4 billion of federal TANF and state MOE funds on basic ... under  TANF, but funding has been flat or fallen over the last decade.
Says the claims that Texas faces a $27 billion shortfall "are flat-out false."