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Yesterday | Austin American Statesman

Texans had input in House health debate

Texas members of the U.S. House mostly marched in step with colleagues when the House on Nov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Michael Burgess, Kenny Marchant, Texas, Lloyd Doggett, Gene Green, Democrat

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Pro-Cuba embargo money flows to US lawmakers

Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years, according to a study released late Sunday night by a group supporting campaign finance reform.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, Jim Marshall

Bizjournals

Proposed pay-to-play radio bill is in trouble, critics say

Judiciary committees in both the U.S. House and Senate have advanced proposed legislation that would impose a performance tax on most commercial radio stations that play recorded music.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Conyers, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Patrick Leahy, US Senate

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Themonitor.com

U.S. Rep. Hinojosa announces he will seek re-election

U.S. Rep. Rubn Hinojosa announced Wednesday he will seek an eighth term in office, saying he wants to continue to work on important issues for South Texas.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Ruben Hinojosa, Democrat, Solomon Ortiz, Texas, McAllen Metro

Wed Nov 11, 2009

KQXT-FM San Antonio

Local Members Vote on Party Lines in Health Care Bill

Local members of Congress split along party lines in the late Saturday vote on health care reform, with Republican Lamar Smith voting no, and Democrats Ciro Rodriguez, Henry Cuellar, and Charles Gonzalez voting yes, as the bill squeaked by 220-to-215, 1200 WOAI news reports.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lamar Smith, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Representative Ciro Rodriguez, Democrat, Charles Gonzalez

Mon Nov 09, 2009

DispatchPolitics

53 Democrats join bid to keep travel ban to Cuba

Opponents of a plan to open Cuba to U.S. tourists are touting a letter signed by 53 Democrats in the House of Representatives, saying it shows that they have the votes to derail an effort to lift the ban on travel to the island.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ben Chandler, Brad Miller, Representative Heath Shuler

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Austin American Statesman

Democrat Edwards voted against bill

In the U.S. House's 220-215 approval Saturday of a health-care overhaul - see our published story here - the Texas congressional delegation parted almost entirely along party lines with all but one Democrat voting "aye" on House Resolution 3962 and every Republican voting "no." The measure was sent to the Senate, which has yet to act.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Chet Edwards, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Texas, Healthcare Law, Law

Sat Nov 07, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

Obama helps sway undecided Texas Dems to vote for the health care bill

An eleventh-hour visit to Capitol Hill by President Barack Obama, a compromise on reproductive rights and provisions on accountability helped sway undecided Texas Democrats to vote for a historic health care bill that passed by a slim margin late Saturday.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John Carter, Kevin Brady, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lamar Smith, Democrat, Solomon Ortiz

Houston Chronicle

AMA supports House health care bill despite dissent

The nation's largest doctors group came out Thursday in support of health care reform legislation scheduled for a House vote Saturday, when scores of member physicians will gather in Houston for a policymaking meeting and debate that contentious issue.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Houston Metro, Medicare, Health, Education Etc., AARP, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Kansas City Star

Opponents say they have votes to block U.S. tourism to Cuba

Opponents of opening Cuba to American tourists are touting a letter signed by 53 Democrats in the House of Representatives, saying it shows that they have the votes to derail an effort to lift the ban on travel to the island.The letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., urges the House leadership to maintain the current U.S. policy on Cuba, ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Ben Chandler, Texas Government, Texas

Star-telegram.com

Texas AARP joins national group in endorsing healthcare bill

By DIANNA HUNT The Texas AARP has lined up with the national organization in endorsing the healthcare overhaul bill headed for a vote in the House, saying it includes key provisions to protect seniors while expanding health insurance coverage for most Americans.For seniors, the bill would kill the 'doughnut hole' that limits Medicare prescription ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Health, AARP, Health Insurance, Medicare, Long Term Care

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Wilson County News

District 28 Supports Healthcare Reform, Public Option

'This data reaffirms what I have heard on our tele-town halls, from hundreds of constituents during the three open town hall meetings I held over the summer, and literally thousands of letters, faxes and emails,' Cuellar stated.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Texas tort reforms would be spared under deal on healthcare bill

By MARIA RECIO WASHINGTON – Just as Texas Republican lawmakers were warning that the latest House healthcare bill would undo the state's existing laws on tort reform, U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Kevin Brady, Michael McCaul, Republican, Texas

Tue Nov 03, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

GOP pickets Demos undecided on health care bill

Republican activists opposed to the health care bill unveiled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi picketed Tuesday in front of the Texas offices of two Democratic lawmakers who face GOP challengers next year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Lamar Smith, Chet Edwards, Democrat, Solomon Ortiz, Nancy Pelosi

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Star-telegram.com

National briefs: Texas lawmakers, others ask for no new obstacles to offshore drilling

Legislators protest barriers to drilling WASHINGTON - Sixty-nine lawmakers, including Reps.

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Related Topix: Pete Sessions, Representative Pete Olson, US Politics, US News, Ted Poe, Michael McCaul, Republican, US House of Representatives, Kenny Marchant, Democrat

Thu Oct 29, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

Bill seeks Coast Guard's help on Rio Grande

Texas border lawmakers are calling on the U.S. Coast Guard to expand its operations along the Rio Grande as a way to increase the federal law enforcement presence there, help thwart drug cartels and curb escalating violence.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Coast Guard, US Military, US News, US Politics, Michael McCaul, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ruben Hinojosa, Democrat

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Government Executive

FEMA is unable to measure funding benefits

A top Federal Emergency Management Agency official on Tuesday said he believed that $29 billion in Homeland Security funds spent since 2002 had made the nation better prepared for a terrorist attack, but admitted his agency had no way of definitively assessing the improvement.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, US Politics, Bennie Thompson, Democrat

Tue Oct 27, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

Hidalgo judge picked for fed post

The Obama administration on Friday named Hidalgo County Judge Juan "J.D." Salinas regional administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration, effective Nov.

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Related Topix: Hidalgo County, TX, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Solomon Ortiz

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Free Republic

Congressman Asks For Study On Rio Grande Patrols[by Coast Guard]

The U.S. Coast Guard patrols the coasts, and a limited stretch of the Rio Grande, but a bill in the works would change that.

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Related Topix: US Coast Guard, US Military, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Valley Morning Star

Salinas named federal administrator

Hidalgo County Judge J.D. Salinas accepted an appointment to a federal post Friday, ending weeks of speculation about his future in the position he was elected to three years ago.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Texas, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Dolly

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