A once-obscure federal export credit agency has landed at the center of a national debate over business and free-market ideology, with potentially enduring ramifications for the Texas companies it supports and the Republicans it is dividing.
Rick Perry
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Health care
The Brief: July 31, 2014
This week’s House committee hearing in which leading officials in charge of executing the plan said they never asked for Guard troops revealed another aspect of Rick Perry’s border action, according to the Houston Chronicle’s Patrick Svitek.
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Energy
The Brief: July 30, 2014
Top officials at the Texas National Guard and the Department of Public Safety on Tuesday told a select House committee looking at the costs of the ongoing border operation that they did not request Guard troops.
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Criminal Justice
Castro Invites Perry to Discuss Border With Texas Reps
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, has asked Gov. Rick Perry to meet with the entire Texas congressional delegation to discuss the influx of illegal immigrants at the border and to “help set a more positive tone.”
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Immigration
Inside Texas Politics: Violent and Awkward Regime Change
On this week’s edition of WFAA-TV’s Inside Texas Politics, I talked with host Shelly Slater and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Bud Kennedy about Michael Quinn Sullivan, the arrest of John Wiley Price, the deployment of 1,ooo National Guard troops and more.
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Immigration
The Playlist: Force Multiplier
This week’s special edition of The Playlist features song selections by the reporters who wrote the stories.
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Texas Gets High Marks for Executive Order Transparency
Texas was one of six states to earn an “A” when it comes to making executive orders accessible to the public, according to a report by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for open government.
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Energy
The Brief: July 25, 2014
Can those National Guard troops being sent to the border arrest people? The latest word is they can. And the reason why is that Rick Perry sent them, and not the federal government.
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Health care
The Brief: July 24, 2014
The Rick Perry Presidential Watch has revved up in a big way.
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Demographics
Analysis: A Border Plan — and a Political One
Gov. Rick Perry said a plan to send National Guard troops to the state’s border with Mexico was necessary because the federal government isn’t doing enough there. The move could also address a political weak spot he discovered in his 2012 presidential run.
