Members of Congress from Texas — and potential candidates for those offices — have raised more than $9 million in the first quarter of this year in advance of the 2012 federal elections, campaign records show.
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Texas Federal Fundraising Map 2011
Texas candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives have raised more than $9 million in the first quarter of this year in advance of the 2012 federal elections. This interactive map visualizes campaign finances by congressional district during the first quarter of 2011.
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Congress
Guest Column: The Case for Ron Paul
While television and conservative talk radio continue to marginalize his presidential candidacy, unrest and anxiety over the nation’s economic woes festers, and a passionate and energized base of young people supporting him grows. It’s long past time to take him seriously.
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Congress
Colbert to Ron Paul: “You’re Rand Paul’s Dad!”
On the day he announced his intention to form a 2012 presidential exploratory committee, Texas congressman Ron Paul, R-Surfside, sparred with Stephen Colbert about the Fed, the debt ceiling and whether he and his sons are the “Libertarian Kennedys.”
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TribLive: Cornyn on 2012 Senate Races
At Monday’s TribLive conversation, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, talked about the GOP’s prospects for regaining a majority in the Senate in 2012 — and about the soon-to-be-open seat in Texas.
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VIDEO: John Cornyn at TribLive
At Monday’s TribLive conversation, I interviewed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, about the President’s plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, the perpetual fight between Texas and Washington and what’s likely to happen in 2012 Senate races — including the one to succeed Kay Bailey Hutchison.
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Politics
Doggett Dismayed by Redistricting Plan
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, reacts to the proposed split of his current district.
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Congress
Ricardo Sanchez: The TM Interview
Three years ago I interviewed the apparent 2012 Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate — then a retired lieutenant general hawking a memoir — for Texas Monthly. You can read the nearly 2,700-word Q&A here.
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Health care
TribLive: Cornyn on Planned Parenthood “Facts”
At this morning’s TribLive conversation, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, was unwilling to distance himself from controversial remarks about Planned Parenthood by his colleague, U.S. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona.
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Public Education
Doggett Amendment on Federal Education Money Repealed
To avoid government shutdown, congressional Democrats agreed to repeal an amendment that would have prohibited Texas from using federal funds to replace, rather than supplement, state funding of schools.
