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Texas' two Republican senators speak out against Democrats' health care reform: Sen.

Clinics in a handful of states, including Texas, have opened their doors to anyone seeking the H1N1 flu vaccine just a few weeks before the flu's third wave is likely to arrive.

Republican lawmakers are increasingly angry about a recent glut of closed and classified briefings on everything from the shootings at Fort Hood to deployments in Afghanistan, saying the administration has doled out inconsequential information in secret to Congress, while stifling open debate on key issues of national security.

Local candidates continue to throw their hats in the ring this week for next year's general election.

Funding for an $11.6 million con struction project for NATO pilot training at Sheppard Air Force Base took a big step forward in Congress - without support from Sen.

The White House has been sitting on a preliminary review of the Fort Hood shooting since the end of November and refuses to share its contents with Congress, House Republicans say.

Candidates are beginning to line up for the primaries leading up to next year's general election.

Wildfire victim Gary Armbruster talks to the truck driver who delivered a mobile home to his property.

The Big Country congressional delegation is united in opposing a "war tax" to finance Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.

The Obama Administration faced some tough questions on Capitol Hill Thursday regarding the President's decision to deploy 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, has filed for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Last month most of the Texas Congressional delegation sent a letter to President Obama asking that $3 billion in stimulus funding be redirected to NASA .

Recently there has been a lot of discussion on whether the state of Texas should raise it's gas tax, and now federal officials are looking at the same idea.

Two Big Country congressmen who say the Fort Hood shooting spree was an act of terrorism called on Democratic leaders Tuesday to stop dragging their feet and immediately launch a congressional investigation.

Congressional aide's meeting to discuss federal issues draws one person. By Libby Cluett lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE - An aide to Congressman Mac Thornberry was ready to talk or answer questions about any number of current federal issues - and there are plenty of issues to discuss.

U.S. Rep. Michael Conaway of Midland was among 16 Texas Republicans who sailed to renomination last year, unopposed in their party's March primary.

United States Congressman Mac Thornberry issued this statement following passage of a health care reform bill in the house.A Below is the full statement in it's entirety.

The race for the thirteenth congressional district is already heating up. Representative Mac Thornberry has held the office since 1995 and he's now being challenged by a fellow conservative.

Three historical markers will be placed in Wichita Falls beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday when the Riverside Cemetery resting places of Frank Kell and Joseph Kemp are honored.

Rep. Mac Thornberry , R-Texas, played a leading role in reforming the Energy Department's nuclear weapons complex before Sept.