A landmark Republican overhaul to the country’s health care system may have died in its track Thursday. Three Texas Republicans were among those pushing for changes to the bill before agreeing to support it.
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Here’s where the 25 House Republicans from Texas stand on the GOP health bill
Most Republicans in the Texas delegation are behind the measure a day before the U.S. House is poised to vote on an overhaul of the Affordable Care Act strongly backed by President Trump.
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Victoria airport would lose commercial flights under Trump’s budget cuts
Commercial air travel out of the South Texas city of Victoria would end under President Trump’s proposed budget.
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Trump signs NASA bill aimed at landing on Mars
President Trump signed a bill Tuesday authorizing $19.5 billion dollars in funding for NASA. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, one of the bill’s sponsors, attended the bill ceremony.
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Report: Travis County released dozens of undocumented inmates wanted by feds
Travis County officials declined dozens of requests from federal immigration agents to hold inmates in the days leading up to the county’s recent showdown with Gov. Greg Abbott over its new “sanctuary” policy.
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Cruz: Gorsuch nomination has “superlegitimacy”
In opening remarks before the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz suggested Neil Gorsuch was “no ordinary nominee” and that his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court must be viewed in light of the 2016 presidential election.
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Texans Castro, Conaway and Hurd grill Comey over Russian hack
U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, a Midland Republican, questioned FBI Director James Comey at Monday’s hearing on whether the intelligence community was certain that Russia intended to help Donald Trump become president.
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Trump budget cuts would hit Texas education service programs hard
President Trump’s proposed budget would cut about $14 million from Texas programs designed to provide tutoring, mentorship and counseling for low-income students.
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At SXSW, Joe Biden pledges to work with Trump to end “cancer as we know it”
In Austin on Sunday, former Vice President Joe Biden said he hopes the Trump administration will be committed as the Obama administration was to the goal of eradicating cancer.
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At Dallas County GOP event, Donald Trump Jr. says Texas “came through for this country”
Donald Trump Jr, the Dallas County Republican Party’s Reagan Day Dinner keynote speaker, said Texans’ fundraising efforts were key in helping his father secure a victory in the 2016 presidential election.
