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Hensarling Honors Lake Highlands Military Moms and Lake Highlands Exchange Club
On October 3, U. S. Congressman Jeb Hensarling's Deputy Chief of Staff Brian Chase presented a DVD and printed copy of Hensarling's statement in the Congressional Record to the Lake Highlands Military Moms and ...
Hensarling airs concerns about financial rescue
By Raymond Billy rbilly@jacksonvilleprogress.com U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling on Wednesday visited Jacksonville to give his take on the state of the union.
About a year ago the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its all-time high at 14,280. On Monday, even after the big bailout was "heroically" passed by the Senate and House and signed into law by President George ...
The GOP Peddles Economic Snake Oil
Suddenly Republicans are against market values? By THOMAS FRANK OK, let me get this straight: The central axiom of conservative Republicanism is that government is inherently corrupt and can't do anything ...
Economic Populists for Lower Corporate Taxes
The puzzling political analysis of New York Times national correspondent Jackie Calmes continues with a " Congressional Memo " contending that "on the economy" the Republican Party "is increasingly populist." ...
East Texas Congressmen don't like Senate economic rescue plan, either
East Texas Congressmen Louie Gohmert and Jeb Hensarling don't feel enough has changed in the economic rescue bill for the Senate to approve it.
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NYT Live-Blogging Bailout Debate - Barney Frank Warns of Socialism
The New York Times , that dinosaur of old media, is currently live-blogging the most important Congressional debate since that epochal, thoughtful discussion back in October 2002 as to whether Iraq posed a ...
Trinity Valley Community College students quizzed Texas House candidate Victor Morales and representatives of other candidates about the issues Thursday at a political forum held in the student union building.
Why fallen titans are more hated in America
Years ago, Sir Richard Giordano, the American-born British industrialist, told me that every economic downturn he had seen was different.
Hensarling: More important to do (bailout) right than do it fast
By Raymond Billy rbilly@jacksonvilleprogress.com The plan pushed by President Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to resuscitate the nation's ailing financial system faces a formidable challenge in Rep.
The day after 'No-Bailout', a voice from Texas, a professor from Maryland, markets down
PEOPLE that made a point: Texas, Jeb Hensarling Jeb Hensarling Texas Republican says: "Bailout turns America into socialism" Maryland Prof Morici Peter Morici, professor of business at the University of ...
George Will On The Democratization Of Credit
"...John McCain and Barack Obama's joint declaration that Congress should "rise above politics" was mere gas.
Dow Falls 778 Points as House Fails to Pass $700B Bailout
It's the biggest point loss in the Dow's history -- almost 778 points -- as Wall Street watched lawmakers in Washington vote down an economic bailout bill.
T he House of Representatives today will get a rare second chance save the American economy.
East Texas Congressmen React To Passed Bailout Plan
When it came to Friday's bailout vote, our East Texas congressmen still said no just like they did earlier in the week.
Is the Rescue Plan Socialism? The Far Left Says, 'No Way, Comrade'
OCTOBER 4, 2008 By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- If conservative Republicans are right and the $700 billion financial-sector rescue plan signals America's slide into socialism, you'd think Seth ...
Risking voter outrage, six Texas lawmakers switch to 'yes' on bailout
All week, lawmakers faced what many considered a no-win proposal: Support one of the costliest bailouts in U.S. history, or risk watching a financial crisis bleed into their own districts.
Congress vote reveals divisions
The bail-out bill will not erase the deep divisions in Congres. The victory in the House of Representatives of the bail-out package sent a sigh of relief through financial markets.
The Bailout Bill: How Texas' Representatives Voted
Oct 3, 2008 2:31 pm US/Central WASHINGTON North Texas has 11 U.S. Representatives.A Only one changed his vote on the bailout bill from Tuesday.
Bailout bill gains momentum on House floor
After a week of tumult, an unprecedented government bailout of the financial industry gained ground in the House on Friday and leaders in both political parties expressed optimism the $700 billion measure would ...