A postmortem of the Republican Party’s 2012 losses has pushed immigration reform back into the spotlight.
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Houston-Area Tea Party Leader Had Ties to American Fascist Party
As recently as 2003, the president of the Greater Fort Bend County Tea Party had a different title: director of propaganda for the American Fascist Party. James Ives says he was working undercover doing research for a book he never wrote.
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The Brief: March 18, 2013
Brandishing his fiery style and flair for oratory, Ted Cruz told conservatives over the weekend that their comeback is already well under way.
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Video: Cruz Electrifies CPAC Conference
In a rousing closing keynote at the three-day Conservative Political Action Conference, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, warned that “liberty is under assault from every direction.”
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Health care
Texas Weekly Newsreel: George P. Bush, Term Limits, Blue Texas
In this edition of the Newsreel: George P. Bush officially enters the race for Texas land commissioner, the Senate Finance Committee passes a $195.5 billion budget and educators spend spring break at the Capitol.
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Jeremy Bird: The TT Interview
The senior adviser to the new high-profile Democratic group Battleground Texas on what he thinks it will take to make the state politically competitive for Democrats and why he thinks it’s possible.
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Economy
Gallego to GOP: Sequester Hurts Border Security, Economy
U.S. Rep. Pete Gallego is taking his GOP colleagues to task on sequestration. In a letter, the freshman congressman tells border hawks they can’t be for the continued sequester and for increased border security at the same time.
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Economy
GOP Senator Challenging His Party on Debt, Taxes
State Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, is engaged in a long-term campaign to convince his fellow legislators that the state’s bond debt is an urgent problem and that tax increases are part of a conservative solution.
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The Brief: March 15, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday told conservative activists to blame their recent electoral losses on the messengers, not the message.
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The Evening Brief: March 14, 2013
Your evening reading: at CPAC, Perry calls Medicaid expansion “coercion”; El Paso lawmaker arrested on DWI charge; Democrat scolds Cruz at gun hearing
