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Inside Texas Politics: A Sit-Down With the Lt. Gov.

This week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics features an extended interview with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

By John JordanJune 14, 2015, 11:26 a.m. Central

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Inside Texas Politics: A Sit-Down With the Lt. Gov.

by John Jordan, The Texas Tribune
June 14, 2015

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<p><span>This week's edition of WFAA-TV's&nbsp;</span><em>Inside Texas</em><span>&nbsp;</span><em>Politics </em>with<span>&nbsp;host&nbsp;Jason Whitely and the&nbsp;</span><em>Fort Worth Star-Telegram</em><span>'s Bud Kennedy has the&nbsp;<i>Star-Telegram's</i>&nbsp;<span>D.C. Bureau Chief&nbsp;</span></span>Maria Recio sitting in for the Tribune's Executive Editor Ross Ramsey. On today's show: an extended interview with Lt. Gov. <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dan-patrick/">Dan Patrick</a>; Republicans' <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/31/bank-debate-high-stakes-texas-business-and-gop/">opposition to the&nbsp;</a><span><a href="http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/31/bank-debate-high-stakes-texas-business-and-gop/">Export-Import Bank</a>; presidential hopeful Jeb Bush's comments on the Iraq war; that swimming pool incident in McKinney; and more.</span>&nbsp;</p>
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Inside Texas Politics: A Sit-Down With the Lt. Gov.

John Jordan, The Texas Tribune
June 14, 2015

This week's edition of WFAA-TV's Inside Texas Politics with host Jason Whitely and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy has the Star-Telegram's D.C. Bureau Chief Maria Recio sitting in for the Tribune's Executive Editor Ross Ramsey. On today's show: an extended interview with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick; Republicans' opposition to the Export-Import Bank; presidential hopeful Jeb Bush's comments on the Iraq war; that swimming pool incident in McKinney; and more. 

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