Full audio and audience Q&A from our TribLive interview with U.S. Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston.
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A Conversation with Gene Green
For the 16th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Democratic U.S. Congressman from Houston about why his party got slaughtered on Election Day, whether Nancy Pelosi should continue in a leadership role, why the Obama administration has been forced to play defense and what health care reform should look like going forward.
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Gene Green on “Leader” Pelosi
During his TribLive interview Wednesday morning, U.S. Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, was asked if — in light of his party’s Election Day disemboweling — he would support outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bid for minority leader.
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What Chet Does Next
His resounding defeat was only one of Election Day’s many hits to the solar plexus of the state Democratic Party. But the loss of the powerful and politically talented U.S. congressman from Waco engenders the most speculation. What’s next for Chet Edwards?
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Hammer Time
Today, five years after Tom DeLay’s fall from power, his trial on the money laundering and conspiracy charges that forced his resignation as U.S. House majority leader is finally slated to begin. What’s at stake, other than voyeuristic curiosity about whether a former congressman will go to prison?
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Meet the Chairmen?
At stake in next Tuesday’s elections are powerful committee chairmanships in the U.S. House of Representatives, a few of which will likely go to members of the Texas delegation if the GOP does as predicted and wins back the majority. We’ve built an interactive chart that takes a closer look at which of our Republican congressmen are poised to wield the gavel — Smith? Hall? Hensarling? Burgess? Barton? — and how public policy could be impacted here and elsewhere.
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Clinton: Don’t Blow It, Vote for Ciro
President Bill Clinton stops in San Antonio late Thursday to rally with U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio, who’s facing a tough re-election challenge from Republican Francisco “Quico” Canseco.
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A Conversation With Michael Burgess
For the 14th event in our TribLive series, I interviewed the Republican congressman from Lewisville on the problems with federal health care reform, what’s wrong with the way Barack Obama and the Democrats got it passed and how he’ll lead the charge to repeal it — if his party takes back control of the U.S. House.
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Ads Infinitum: DCCC Hits Quico Canseco
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, concerned more this cycle about keeping incumbents in office than winning new seats, is honoring its promise to make its presence felt in CD-23, hitting GOP challenger Francisco “Quico” Canseco as he attempts to oust U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-San Antonio.
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Ads Infinitum: Bill Flores’ “Texans Deserve Better”
The latest in the ad wars between Bill Flores and U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, is a spot from the GOP challenger featuring U.S. Sen. John McCain.