Your evening reading: Cruz on offense during tour of Texas gun manufacturer; senators condemn state’s testing system; Legislature to investigate UT regents’ treatment of Powers
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Video: Cruz Rallies for Gun Rights in Leander
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, kicked off a mini tour of the Lone Star State on Tuesday by bashing the Obama administration and its attempts “to restrict law-abiding citizens’ right to bear arms.”
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Criminal Justice
Cruz Talks Guns, Deflects Hagel Accusations
Calling President Obama’s recent gun control initiatives “cynical” and “wrong,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said on Tuesday that lawmakers “should focus our efforts on deterring and punishing violent criminals.”
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The Brief: Feb. 15, 2013
Weeks after Ted Cruz began building a reputation as the U.S. Senate’s brashest new member, his colleagues are beginning to sound off.
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TribLive: Dewhurst on Takeaways from 2012
At this morning’s TribLive conversation, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst talked about what he learned in his unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate.
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Video: Cruz, Castros on Sunday Shows
The blazing stars of Texas politics at the moment, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and the Castro brothers, once again did a turn on the Sunday talk shows.
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Video: Cruz, Castro on the Sunday Shows
A few days after they were sworn into Congress, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, appeared on the Sunday talk shows.
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Cruz, Cornyn Weigh In on Fiscal Cliff Vote
UPDATED: The fiscal cliff bill has passed the U.S. House with the support of four Texas Republicans: U.S. Reps. Pete Sessions, Kevin Brady, Mac Thornberry and Lamar Smith. Rep. Ron Paul was the lone member of the Texas delegation who did not vote.
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Cruz Says He Will Support Cornyn for Minority Whip
U.S. Sen-elect Ted Cruz never said during the campaign whether he would support his Texas counterpart, Sen. John Cornyn, for Senate minority whip. On Tuesday, he finally answered the question.
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Video: Cornyn Says Election Shows Voters Trust Neither Party
Sen. John Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said Friday that some candidates in Tuesday night’s election “made serious mistakes,” and that Republicans could have run stronger candidates in some races.