President Obama’s visit to Texas became fodder in the governor’s race Thursday, with Democrat Wendy Davis suggesting he should visit the U.S-Mexico border in person and Republican Greg Abbott challenging him to adopt the “Texas model” in Washington.
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Analysis: In Border Crisis, Perry Finds an Advantage
While the federal and state governments squabble over what to do about immigrant children on the Texas-Mexico border, Gov. Rick Perry is scoring political points on an issue of high importance to Republican voters.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Texans Remain More Bullish on State Than on Nation
Texans are almost twice as positive about the direction of the state than about the direction of the country, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Politics
In Austin, Cruz Renews Attack on Obama, ACA
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz criticized the Obama administration for a culture of “lawlessness” and renewed his attack on the Affordable Care Act during the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s policy orientation Friday morning.
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The Evening Brief: Dec. 5, 2013
Your evening reading: Pauken leaves governor’s race; GOP men get lessons on how to run against women; Republicans on the trail talk about fixes to Affordable Care Act
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Polling Center: Obama Weighs Heavily on Texas Democrats
There is a reason so many Texas Republicans are mentioning the Democratic president in their commercials: He’s unpopular with Republicans, and moderates and some Democrats have their reservations, too.
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Health care
The Evening Brief: Dec. 4, 2013
Your evening reading: Texas gets OK to boost payments to primary care docs; Davis says she would have vetoed cuts to public schools; radioactive material stolen in Mexico
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Health care
The Brief: Dec. 3, 2013
U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Amarillo, could be a lot closer to gaining the chairmanship of one of Congress’ most powerful committees — House Armed Services.
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Health care
The Evening Brief: Nov. 21, 2013
Your evening reading: Abbott’s privacy rights proposals scrutinized; Senate Democrats launch the nuclear option; Perry says “hell, yeah” to changing presidential debate format
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Politics
TribLive: An Evening With Halperin and Heilemann
Full video of my Nov. 18 conversation with veteran political reporters Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, whose new book on the 2012 presidential campaign, Double Down, is already a best-seller.