On this week’s TribCast, Evan, Ross, Reeve and Jim review the most recent debate, discuss the looming lawsuits on school finance and consider proposals for Confederate flag license plates.
Sheila Jackson Lee
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Congress
Jackson Lee Pressures Perry on Confederate Plates
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, attempted to turn up the heat Tuesday on Gov. Rick Perry by condemning a controversial proposal to offer Texas license plates with the image of the Confederate flag.
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Demographics
Texas Democrats Attack Lamar Smith Over HALT Act
Republican U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith’s attempt to strip the Obama administration of its immigration enforcement powers has drawn a harsh rebuke from Texas Democrats in the U.S. House.
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Politics
Equal, But Not the Same
Lawmakers will spend the next six months drawing political maps for Texas, doing their decennial readjustment to make sure each district has the same number of people. But when they’re done, some parts of the state will still get more political attention than others, and the voters have only themselves to blame.
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The Midday Brief: November 12, 2010
Your afternoon reading: updates on the GOP, TSC and UTB, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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TribBlog: Coleman on Continental
Amid reports that a merger deal might soon be struck between Houston-based Continental Airlines and United Airlines, with the latter as the surviving company headquartered in Chicago, state Rep. Garnet Coleman discusses Houston’s long-standing relationship with Continental.
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State Government
2010: KBH is 28th Most Conservative Senator
National Journal says she’s more conservative than Alexander, Hatch, Murkowski, and a few others but less conservative than the vast majority of her colleagues.
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Health care
The Remedy
Should Congress salvage health care reform? How? Is it possible? Democrats in the Texas delegation sound off.
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State Government
The Brief: December 2, 2009
With the filing deadline fast approaching, are Democrats beginning to feel some holiday cheer?