In the latest round of the political feud over $830 million in federal funding, House Republicans, led by U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, passed a bill Saturday that attempts to block the enforcement of the Texas-specific Education Jobs amendment.
Michael Burgess
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Public Education
Doggett Responds to Perry Jabs
That “certain Texas congressman” whom Gov. Rick Perry called out in his address today for blocking federal education money responds. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett says Perry’s jibe “says less about the state of the state and more about his own state of denial.”
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Health care
Full Audio: Michael Burgess at TribLive
Full audio of Evan Smith’s interview and audience Q&A with U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville.
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Health care
A Conversation With Michael Burgess
For the 14th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Republican congressman from Lewisville on the problems with federal health care reform, what’s wrong with the way Barack Obama and the Democrats got it passed and how he’ll lead the charge to repeal it — if his party takes back control of the U.S. House.
