As part of his series on retiring members of the U.S. Senate, MSNBC’s Chuck Todd interviewed outgoing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, on this morning’s edition of The Daily Rundown.
Congress
Read the latest Texas Tribune coverage of Congress, from the state’s lawmakers in Washington to key legislation and political debates shaping Texas and the nation.
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Video: Ted Cruz on “Fox News Sunday”
The surprise winner of Tuesday’s U.S. Senate runoff, Ted Cruz, was a guest on this morning’s edition of Fox News Sunday.
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Video: Sen. John Cornyn on National Security Leaks
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Tuesday that a special counsel should be appointed to investigate reports of national security leaks because the Obama administration “cannot be trusted to investigate itself.”
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Health care
Advocates Worry Cuts to Food Aid Programs Could Hurt Texas Families
As legislators tinker with what some say is the cornerstone of America’s food safety net, some Texans are concerned about what cuts could mean for low-income families, if they come to fruition.
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Storify Timeline: Texans Sound Off on “Fast and Furious” Hearing
Texas officials and politicians weren’t quiet about a House panel’s vote on Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt over a fight involving the “Fast and Furious” weapons operation. Use our Storify timeline to follow this week’s key developments and to see what Texans had to say.
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Energy
Michael Burgess: The TT Interview
The Republican congressman from Lewisville on his objections to a law setting higher efficiency standards for lightbulbs and how he intends to stop the Department of Energy from enforcing the standards.
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State Government
What If the Dew Don’t?
A lot of people are rooting for David Dewhurst in the race for U.S. Senate — some because it would create a top political job opening in Texas. What if he loses? It would spoil a lot of ambitions.
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Interactive: Congressional Candidates’ Pre-Primary Filings
Using the most recent campaign-finance reports filed by congressional candidates in Texas, we have compiled a list of the major numbers for those candidates.
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A Political Defendant Faces a Political Judiciary
Texas judges run in partisan elections, and sometimes what they do as politicians gets in the way of what they’re supposed to do as judges.
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Energy
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aaronson on why the latest Texas job gains are a mixed bag, Aguilar on the fight over an Eagle Pass coal mine, Batheja on nasty U.S. Senate race ads, Galbraith on El Paso’s water woes, Grissom on John Bradley’s tough primary, Hamilton and M. Smith on the controversial chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents, Murphy’s cool higher ed stats interactive, Ramsey talks to Robert Draper about what’s wrong with Congress, Ramshaw on Joe Barton vs. himself, Root on Perry’s Mitt embrace and my exclusive sit-down with the chancellor of the UT System: The best of our best content from May 14-18, 2012.