Your evening reading: at CPAC, Perry calls Medicaid expansion “coercion”; El Paso lawmaker arrested on DWI charge; Democrat scolds Cruz at gun hearing
Ted Cruz
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The Brief: March 14, 2013
Ted Cruz on Wednesday offered some pointers to conservative activists preparing for their annual confab in Washington.
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Health care
Video: Cruz Delivers First Formal Senate Speech
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday gave his first formal speech on the Senate floor, urging his colleagues to support an amendment to defund federal health reform.
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The Brief: March 7, 2013
Texas’ two U.S. senators on Wednesday helped stage one of the longest old-fashioned filibusters in years.
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The Evening Brief: March 6, 2013
Your evening reading: GOP state senator proposes temporary sales tax hike for transportation; Cornyn and Cruz join filibuster of CIA nominee; House group wants to repeal waiting period for abortions
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Perry Leads Abbott in Potential 2014 Gubernatorial Race
Gov. Rick Perry would beat Attorney General Greg Abbott in a Republican race for governor held today, but a win in that race — if it actually comes to pass — isn’t clearly in the hands of either candidate.
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Ted Cruz: The TT Interview
Ted Cruz has only been Texas’ junior U.S. senator for two months, but he has wasted no time propelling himself into national headlines. On Tuesday, the Tribune sat down with Cruz in Washington to talk about the early days of his new gig.
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For Cornyn, Right Turn Could Be Defensive Play
Political observers say U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has shifted perceptibly right since Tea Party darling Ted Cruz joined him in the Senate. If he’s doing it because he’s worried about being “Dewhursted,” they suggest he has little to worry about.
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Criminal Justice
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Grissom begins a gripping series on mental health and criminal justice, Hamilton and White on the Senate’s defense of UT-Austin, Murphy’s interactive look at public school test scores, Ramshaw finds the governor digging in on the Medicaid expansion, Rocha and Dehn visit a weapons maker with Ted Cruz, M. Smith explores another angle on unpopular standardized testing, Batheja on a car that drives right past state laws, Aguilar reports on the other immigration problem, Aaronson on a break in the race for a cancer cure: The best of our best for the week of February 18-22, 2012.
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The Brief: Feb. 22, 2013
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s push to derail the confirmation of Chuck Hagel may have already fizzled.