Congress

In a new campaign video, David Dewhurst assails Ted Cruz, his rival in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, over the donations his law firm has made to Democrats — including Barack Obama.

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Full video of my February 23 TribLive conversation with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Craig James.

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At yesterday's TribLive conversation, Craig James argued his infamous history as a college football star and sportscaster won't hamper his U.S. Senate candidacy.

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At this morning's TribLive conversation, Craig James explained how he intends to win the battle for second place — and a spot in a presumed runoff — in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.

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The political action committee of Dallas billionaire waste magnate Harold Simmons is asking 18 lawmakers to return about $65,000 in contributions after admitting that an oversight led to illegal campaign contributions.

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At this morning's TribLive conversation, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Craig James alternately agreed and disagreed with his preferred presidential candidate, Rick Santorum, on a series of controversial social issues.

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Full video of Evan Smith's February 9 TribLive conversation with state Rep. Pete Gallego, D-Alpine.

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Aguilar on an environmental battle in South Texas, Galbraith on the impact of the drought, Grissom on the latest in the Michael Morton case, Hamilton and Theobald on plans for greater scrutiny of faculty performance, Murphy on Rick Perry's campaign donors and expenditures, Ramsey on where we stand on redistricting, Ramshaw on the intense interest in stem cell rules, Root on a congressman's controversial pipeline holdings, M. Smith on the backlash against student testing and Tan on the fight for a new medical school in Austin: The best of our best content from February 6-10, 2012. 

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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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Houston Democrat Jason Gibson has dropped out of the race for U.S. Senate and endorsed Paul Sadler of Henderson.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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At Thursday's TribLive conversation, state Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, offered his take on issues he'd face if elected to Congress next year, including same-sex marriage, Afghanistan, taxing the rich and health reform.

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At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, talked about the political and personal consequences of having briefly challenged U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, in the Democratic primary for Congress.

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At this morning's TribLive conversation, state Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, explained why in the world he'd want to be a member of the unloved, unlovable U.S. Congress.

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Pending any legal intervention, the three court-issued redistricting maps (House, Senate and Congress) and the State Board of Education map drawn up by the 82nd Legislature are now in effect. Use our interactive to see which district you live in now and who represents you.

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State Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, who planned to run for one of Texas' four new congressional seats, will instead run to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-San Antonio.

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