Seven ways Congress will circumvent earmark limits
Last year, Congress spent $16 billion on 9,000 earmarks — those special home-state spending provisions inserted into legislation by lawmakers seeking to fund programs that had not earlier been...
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Texas Links Two Texas cities, Houston, Dallas and Austin, have the worst commutes in the country. Dallas Morning News>>> The $1.1 trillion spending bill put forth by Democrats comes with a...
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Texas Links The Chronicle’s New Year’s Day editorial calls for the state to stop using the death penalty, writing, “We don’t lose sleep over the execution of guilty murderers. But the possible or...
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TexMessage: Ted Poe calls for probe of ‘anti-Christian’ actions at national...
Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, called for an investigation into allegations that Houston National Cemetery allegedly banned veterans from saying the words "God" and "Jesus" during funeral services. That and...
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Kay Bailey Hutchison asks for compromise, quick action on debt ceiling debate
With the Aug. 2 default deadline less than 120 hours away, Hutchison said both houses of Congress must quickly find an agreeable solution so the country won't hit the debt ceiling, causing a potential...
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Rick Perry: “I wouldn’t get in if I didn’t have the stomach for it”
With speculation reaching fever pitch from the Pedernales to the Potomac, Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he'll let us know whether he's running for president of the United States “by the end of summer.” “I...
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