President Obama, scheduled to push his jobs plan today in Dallas, is stepping into politically hostile territory to challenge Gov. Rick Perry on what the Perry campaign believes is the Texan’s strongest issue: job creation.
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Economy
Protesters Gather for Boehner Reception
Protesters gathered outside the Headliners Club in Austin to urge U.S. House Speaker John Boehner and Congress to pass the American Jobs Act. Boehner was in Austin to attend a reception with several GOP congressmen from Texas.
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Demographics
Staples and Generals Call Out Feds on Border Security
The former head of the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command said Monday that if the U.S. does not provide more support to Mexico, that country’s next presidential administration may have no choice but to make a deal with cartel leaders.
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Demographics
Obama Immigration Policies Satisfy Neither Right Nor Left
President Obama faces a conundrum: On immigration he’s attacked from the left and the right, by disillusioned Latino critics and by conservatives who accuse him of failing to secure the country’s borders — even as he deports a record number of immigrants.
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Perry Ad “Zeroes” In on Obama
Rick Perry’s presidential campaign today released an ad contrasting its characterization of Barack Obama’s first years in office with the Texas governor’s promise of national renewal through new leadership.
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State Government
Falwell: Perry a “Strong Candidate on Social Issues”
Gov. Rick Perry will speak at Liberty University on Wednesday, and the Christian school’s president and chancellor, Jerry Falwell Jr., son of the school’s famous founder, predicts Perry will find a very receptive audience among its students.
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Economy
How Will Obama’s Jobs Bill Affect Texas?
President Obama sent a $447 billion jobs bill to Congress today — his latest attempt to revive the struggling economy. How will Texas be affected?
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TribLive: A Conversation with Ted Cruz
At last Friday’s TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about President Obama’s jobs speech, Social Security and the debt ceiling debate.
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Audio: Ted Cruz at TribLive
At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about President Obama’s jobs speech, Social Security, the debt ceiling debate and his chief rival in the GOP primary, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst.
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TribLive: Cruz on the Debt Ceiling Debate
At our latest TribLive conversation, U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz talked about the debt ceiling debate — why he would have voted no and why the threat of default was political theater.
