Members of the Texas House of Representatives approved a motion to support giving more than $63,000 in back-pay to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton related to his impeachment trial, as a small number of state senators and representatives plan to meet behind closed doors to iron out the state's budget.

The Texas House on Tuesday voted to encourage state budget writers to give Attorney General Ken Paxton nearly $64,000 in back pay to cover the time that he was suspended while impeached. Under the Texas Constitution,