At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, weighed in on several issues he’ll face if he wins election to Congress, including Texas vs. the EPA, same-sex marriage and funding for Planned Parenthood.
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TribLive: Gallego on “Obamacare,” Iran and Taxes
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, weighed in on several issues he’ll face if he wins election to Congress, including whether to bomb Iran and raise taxes on the rich.
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TribLive: Gallego on Latinos, Obama and the GOP
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine, explained why Latinos are more likely to stick with President Obama than vote Republican this fall.
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Energy
Rival Targets McCaul Over Pipeline Holdings
Legislation cracking down on insider trading by members of Congress hasn’t landed on the floor of the U.S. House yet, but it’s already become a hot topic in Congressional District 10, which Michael McCaul of Austin represents.
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State Government
Campaign Roundup: The Week’s Political News
Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones is making a run for a state Senate seat. But her opponent in the GOP primary, state Sen. Jeff Wentworth, is challenging her on residency. That dispute is among this week’s top political news items.
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Congress
Local Websites Join Protest Against Anti-Piracy Bills
Sites like Wikipedia, Google and Reddit aren’t the only ones protesting federal anti-piracy legislation today. As Andy Uhler of KUT News reports, some Austin-based web companies have blacked out their content for the day, too.
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Congress
Lanham Napier: The TT Interview
The chief executive of the web hosting company Rackspace on why the tech industry is against the bills that federal lawmakers have filed to stop online piracy and other cyber crimes.
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Criminal Justice
On the Records: What Are Federal Lawmakers Saying?
The Sunlight Foundation released an update to the interactive Capitol Words on Monday. The application allows users to search and compare words spoken by federal legislators using data from the Congressional Record.
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Congress
TribLive: A Conversation with Joaquin Castro
Full video of my December 1 TribLive conversation with state Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, a candidate for the U.S. House in CD-20.
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Congress
Audio: A Conversation with Joaquin Castro
Full audio of my December 1 TribLive conversation with state Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, a candidate for the U.S. House in CD-20.
