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The Midday Brief: Top Texas Headlines for May 4, 2011

by David Muto
May 4, 2011
7 Comments

Your afternoon reading:

"The Texas Senate took minutes to tentatively approve a proposed $176.5 billion, two-year state budget Wednesday in a party-line 19-12 vote, steamrolling Democrats who said it cuts back crucial services while leaving billions unspent in the rainy day fund." — Senate tentatively passes budget proposal, 19-12, Texas Politics

"The rhetorical wrangling between Texas Republicans and the Obama administration over the federal response to raging Texas wildfires became more contentious today when Sen. John Cornyn and Gov. Rick Perry blasted the White House for denying Texas’ request for a federal disaster declaration. The Obama administration quickly responded that ...

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Comments (7)

May 4, 2011 @ 2:21 p.m.

Kay VanHauen via Texas Tribune on Facebook

How does it feel? Women in Texas don't l like, appreciate, or want the new abortion sonogram bill. If we don't get what we want why should Rick Perry get what he wants!
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May 4, 2011 @ 2:25 p.m.

Robi Polgar via Texas Tribune on Facebook

"Texas officials strongly believe that the feds are not doing enough." Now that's a sentence I never thought I'd read.
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May 4, 2011 @ 2:28 p.m.

Aldo Merino via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Wake me when Perry and Cornyn say something of substance and stop politicking.

They denounce the federal government at every turn, boast about Texas' self sufficiency, belittle the greater disasters in the Southeast, and then cry and throw a tantrum when they don't get federal attention and dollars. They're the essence of what people dislike most about politicians.
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May 4, 2011 @ 2:59 p.m.

Jordan Stewart via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Maybe people in the Obama Administration read "Fed Up" and decided to put it into practice, starting with the state that has constantly cried "hands off!" to Washington. Texas deserves far less than it gets from Washington as the (politically) petulant bratty child of the United States.
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May 4, 2011 @ 3:38 p.m.

Marilyn L. Moll via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Curious to know if it's true that the Federal Govt is paying for the firefighters, already ?
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May 4, 2011 @ 5:37 p.m.

Mark Kowalski via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Follow your own advice and pull yourself up by your own bootstraps Ricky.
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May 4, 2011 @ 5:46 p.m.

Louie Heras via Texas Tribune on Facebook

I don't believe a word that Perry or Cornyn say, they're hypocrites! Hey Perry since you didn't use the rainy day funds on education how about using some of it to help the people affected by the fires.
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