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The same CBS legal analyst who...: ...is now ending his CourtWatch blog, all the while insisting that his writings over the years were mostly dry legalese and that those which were not, well, that's the fault of the people he was writing about, namely, the Bush adminstration.

Jacksonville state Rep. Chuck Hopson's recent switch from the Democrats to Republicans brings to mind a story Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance told from his days in Congress.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said Thursday that the tea party movement is "devouring" the Republican Party and is already proving "corrosive" in key GOP primaries.

WASHINGTON In a remarkable admission, U.S. Senator Kent Conrad became one of the first senior Democrats to admit, publicly, that the stimulus did not work as the Democrats had initially predicted it would.

Some Republican senators are taking heat for voting against an amendment that would allow employees of military contractors to sue their employers if they are raped at work -- and they want the Democratic senator who wrote the amendment to help them fight off the bad publicity.

Less than 24 hours after President Obama announced a troop surge in Afghanistan, Texas leaders in Washington are sounding off about the plan; Surprisingly to many, Republicans are generally supporting the plan and at least one local Democrat is speaking out strongly against it.

Former Sen. Majority Tom Daschle's history as an adviser to health care companies is raising the ire of public interest groups and GOP officials.

Republican senators feel burned by Al Franken - and not by his old jokes. The Republicans are steamed at Franken because partisans on the left are using a measure he sponsored to paint them as rapist sympathizers - and because Franken isn't doing much to stop them.

Congressional Republicans offered qualified support Tuesday for President Obama 's proposed troop increase in Afghanistan but several senior Democrats took sharp exception to the president's plan, illustrating the deep divide in the party over the conflict.

Comment on this article AUSTIN -- The filing period to run in next year's Democratic and Republican primaries opens Dec.

Sen. John Cornyn has gotten kudos from many Republicans, and grudging admiration from some Democrats, for his recruiting efforts in the year he has chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Treto Garza and other Rio Grande Valley veterans have fought in tough battles. They've fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars and in Iraq and Afghanistan.

After several years of fighting the U.S.-Mexico border fence, a coalition of Texas elected officials is working with the Obama administration on ways to improve border ports and facilitate trade while fighting drug smuggling.

The Pentagon's decision to shift the production of Army trucks from Texas to Wisconsin after 17 years caught Texas' elected officials by surprise, raising questions about overconfidence, a loss of political clout and the impact of economic incentives provided the winning company by Wisconsin's Democratic governor.

Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday that she made a mistake by supporting the initial $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial industry and would change her vote if she had the chance.

Comment on this article -- During the past year, many Texas families have been impacted by our nation's struggling economy.

The U.S. biodiesel fuel industry, already reeling from a string of recent setbacks, is facing what could be a knock-out punch unless a critical federal subsidy is renewed in the coming weeks.

Twelve of the 13 casualties in the Fort Hood massacre were soldiers. But were they combatants, and was an Army post in the middle of Texas a combat zone? If the answer is yes - as many Texas lawmakers say - the victims of Maj.

In a rare Saturday night session, Democratic unity will be tested in a crucial first Senate vote on a health care overhaul bill.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 20 Nov 2009 Republicans quickly rebuked Senate Democrats' health overhaul bill after its release last night, Roll Call reports.