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WASHINGTON, July 9 DC-USGLC-Approp-Bill Bipartisan Support for President's Request Critical to National Security, Economic Prosperity WASHINGTON , /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition today released the following statement from Executive Director Liz Schrayer on the House's passage of the FY 2010 State Foreign Operations ...

Not only is there a new ranking Republican on the House education committee, Republicans now are getting a new staff director for the panel, Barrett Karr, who brings experience both in Congress and in the George W. Bush White House.

Yesterday in the House Rules committee people took notice of something somewhat different: everyone involved was a woman.

By MARIA RECIO, ANNA M. TINSLEY, DAVE MONTGOMERY and AMAN BATHEJA Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, married for just a few days when the Legislature reconvened last week for a special session, told the Senate how he felt about his recent nuptials to Tricia Bivins, a Houston attorney.'Every so often, the blind squirrel finds a beautiful acorn,' he said ...

If the House of Representatives gets to its vote on climate control legislation today, it might be interesting to compare the votes to the contributions from the oil and gas industry.

The House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee "unanimously approved its FY10 funding measure without any amendments" on Wednesday, "deferring expected fights for the full committee markup in a week," CongressDaily reports.

By MARIA RECIO, ANNA M. TINSLEY, DAVE MONTGOMERY and AMAN BATHEJA Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley is getting a dose of Potomac fever.

Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a new public opinion survey today which finds that Americans rank prevention as the most important health care reform priority, and overwhelmingly support increasing funding for prevention programs to reduce disease and keep people healthy.

Rep. Jim Wright, D-Fort Worth, left, accepts the speaker's gavel from Rep. Robert Michel of Illinois on Jan.

By MIKE LEE FORT WORTH - A political attack mailer received by voters this week compares a candidate in a west-side City Council race to Jack Abramoff, the Washington lobbyist who was convicted in a major corruption scandal.Eric Fox says the ad, paid for by the Fort Worth Police Officers Association's political action committee, is a new low in ...

President Barack Obama named a Republican congressman from New York June 2 as his choice to replace former congressman Preston M. 'Pete' Geren III, of Fort Worth, for the post of Secretary of the Army.

Published at www.nejm.org May 27, 2009 CMS's Landmark Decision on CT Colonography - Examining the Relevant Data Sanket S. Dhruva, M.D., Steve E. Phurrough, M.D., M.P.A., Marcel E. Salive, M.D., M.P.H., and Rita F. Redberg, M.D., M.Sc. In an unprecedented endorsement of evidence-based medicine, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently ...

The PCT Companies - " the nation's only integrated provider of Intellectual Property-based public policy, strategic management and monetization advisory services - " today announced that Michael D. Crain has joined the firm's Government Relations arm as a Senior Advisor and will head its new Beijing Office.

The surgical face mask has become perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the H1N1 pandemic threat, but if the currently circulating flu virus does in fact reach full-fledged pandemic proportions, U.S. health officials say there won't be enough face masks to go around.

Resurrected from the military boneyard, dozens of refurbished Marine helicopters are helping fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Just call her a cover girl. Fort Worth's newest state senator - Wendy Davis - landed on the cover of a new publication, 360West .

U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis will be featured at a Capitol Hill forum with members of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues and leading experts to discuss the impact of the current economy on women and their families.

Women make up almost 51 percent of the U.S. population but less than 10 percent of the House and Senate GOP - a gender disconnect that could make the Republicans' climb back to power even steeper than it would be otherwise.

Is the U.S. prepared to cope with swine flu, or any other potential pandemic? How much has the nation's public health care infrastructure improved since the anthrax and bird flu scares? Do local public health departments have sufficient resources to cope with a pandemic? Rep.