Why did Governor Bush face much opposition over his plan to lower property taxes?
A) Business lobbyists protested against a new business tax while the Senate was adamant to support an increased sales tax.
B) The Democratic-controlled Senate refused to approve a large increase in state sales taxes to offset it.
C) The financial crisis that Texas faced in 1997 made the idea of lowering property taxes absurd, and as a result, both chambers refused to agree to Bush's plan.
D) The House only supported Bush's plan once he backed down from the idea of lowering school taxes.
E) Education unions lobbied heavily at the proposed cuts to school funding that were necessary to offset the decrease in property taxes.
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