Tuesday night on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, state Reps. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, and Debbie Riddle, R-Houston, debated the perilous issue del día: anchor babies. According to Riddle, women would give birth to terrorist babies in the U.S. who can then destroy America once they come of age.
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Economy
Every Doggett Has His Day
The U.S. House has passed a bill on Tuesday that is expected to send about $800 million to bolster the state’s education budget. But thanks to an amendment added by U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, the funding comes with Texas-specific strings attached. Ben Philpott of KUT News and the Tribune has this report.
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2010: Chet Edwards Gets NRA Nod
The Waco Democrat, in the fight of his career as he runs for re-election in the most Republican House district held by a Democrat anywhere in the country, got a big boost Monday when the National Rifle Association’s Victory Fund announced it would support him over his GOP opponent, Bill Flores.
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Congress
2010: Inside the Obama Fundraiser
The menu, the people, the president. Details from inside the Austin DNC fundraiser headlined by President Barack Obama.
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Congress
TribBlog: KBH Will Vote No on Kagan
Joining her home state Republican colleague, John Cornyn, U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will oppose Elena Kagan’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Congress
2010: The Most Vulnerable Democratic Congressman in Texas
… is Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio — or at least that’s what the big spenders at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee seem to think.
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2010: Ciro’s Tantrum? [Updated]
A clip of U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, in which he apparently flares up at a constituent questioning him on health care, is making the rounds in the conservative blogosphere.
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Congress
TribBlog: Nothing to See Here
Federal and military officials say Texans needn’t worry about 17 Afghan military trainees who disappeared from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Many of the Afghans, who were studying English, have been located — and they say none of them pose the national security threat U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and other lawmakers fear.
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Demographics
HuTube: Texas Congressman Warns of Terrorist Babies
U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, isn’t the only Texas congressman making headlines in Washington. Citing a “retired F.B.I. agent” as his source, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, said on the floor of Congress last week that terror cells are plotting to breed future terrorists inside the United States.
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David vs. Goliath
Two little words — “I apologize,” uttered by U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, to Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP — have upgraded the status of David Cozad’s campaign from Sure Loser to Longer-Than-Longshot.
