Galveston County Daily News, May 29, 2007 AUSTIN - Amid last-minute budget squabbles and uproarious rebellion against Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick, the Legislature stumbled toward the finish line Monday. Gulf Coast statesmen were among the disenchanted and most voted against House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill, because of a lack of funding for the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, while none of them supported HB 2960, the windstorm bill, Rep. Craig Eiland, D-Galveston, said in a release issued Monday.