And as for why it happened, I'm no expert on the Texas procedures, but what my friends there tell me is that the governor opposed a measure put forward by Democrats in the legislature to expand the number of children that would be covered. And instead directed the money toward a tax cut, a significant part of which went to wealthy interests.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The governor used to be a democrat.

Pick your answer from:
 (a). Yes
 (b). It's impossible to say
 (c). No
(b).