This week, GOP presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry outlined his plans to criminalize insider trading in Congress and to make it a part-time body, similar to the Texas Legislature. One fiscal watchdog group, Texans for Public Justice, warns that Perry should be careful what he wishes for.
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Updated: DOJ Tells Texas It Still Needs More Data on Voter ID
The U.S. Department of Justice informed the Texas secretary of state’s office it has yet to provide the federal government sufficient information about the contentious voter ID law, which could possibly affect the bill’s scheduled implementation date of Jan. 1.
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The Brief: Nov. 17, 2011
Debates have nearly led to Rick Perry’s undoing, but the governor thinks he could at least take Nancy Pelosi.
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Big KBH Backers Haven’t Settled on a Presidential Candidate
Texans who gave big money to Kay Bailey Hutchison to try to unseat Rick Perry for governor in 2010 haven’t gelled around a single candidate in the presidential race. In fact, the majority of them seem to still be sitting on the sidelines.
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UT Student Says Tweet About Shooting Obama Was a Joke
Despite what you may have seen in the media today, Lauren Pierce, president of College Republicans at the University of Texas at Austin, says she really does not have any desire to shoot President Obama.
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Video: Perry Ad Chastises Obama’s “Lazy” Comment
The Perry presidential campaign’s latest ad targets President Barack Obama’s recent use of the word “lazy” to describe Americans. “That’s pathetic,” Perry says in the video.
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The Weekly TribCast: Episode 106
This week on the TribCast, Ross, Reeve, Ben and Mark talk post-“Oops” Perry, his proposal to make the U.S. Congress more like the Texas Legislature, and a recent wrong turn for Formula 1 racing in Austin.
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Perry Urges Voters to “Browbeat” Congress to Accept Overhaul
Gov. Rick Perry is urging Americans to “browbeat” members of Congress into accepting his plan to slash their pay and limit the amount of they spend in Washington. It’s part of Perry’s pitch to dramatically reform government.
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The Brief: Nov. 16, 2011
In Gov. Rick Perry’s grand plan to take a sledgehammer to Washington, some see a few holes.
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Perry Decries Insider Trading by Politicians, But His Critics Call Foul
Gov. Rick Perry wants lawmakers who use “insider knowledge to profit in the stock market” to be jailed. But his critics argue that at home, his personal and political relationships have been entangled in ways that helped him profit financially
