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How the sequester will hit Texas

February 25, 2013
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How the sequester will hit Texas

  The White House last night began releasing state-by-state reports detailing how the sequester will unroll (it’s worth noting some Republicans are already challenging some of the state-specific numbers). According to the Texas fact sheet, here’s some of what we can expect to happen this year in the Lone Star State unless Congress intervenes...
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Third-party groups duke it out in Canseco/Gallego race

October 30, 2012
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In a new attack ad, the Congressional Leadership Fund attacks Gallego for his backing from “radical environmentalists” and their “job killing agenda.”
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A day without lolcats: how Texas SOPA’d the internet

January 18, 2012
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Today is the day. The day that websites across the internet have shutdown, gone black, to protest the House of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Imagine a life without lolcats to soften your brain drain. No giggles from browsing the missed connections on Craigslist. SOPA also has an evil twin named PIPA. A...
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MoveOn to Lamar Smith: San Antonio wants jobs, not cuts

August 11, 2011
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MoveOn to Lamar Smith: San Antonio wants jobs, not cuts

“I think oil companies, which have served this state well, and wealthy people, who have benefited — my sense is they would not mind paying their fair share."
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Republicans hate Sesame Street, vote to defund Corporation for Public Broadcasting

February 19, 2011
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Republicans hate Sesame Street, vote to defund Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Earlier today, February 19, 2011, the House voted 235-189 to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The CPB is a federal non-profit agency responsible for distributing support to over 1,300 local public broadcasting stations. According to a statement released by FreePress today, several Democrats countered with a proposal to restore $460 million in...
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A Prayer for the New Year: Change in Unison

January 3, 2011
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A Prayer for the New Year: Change in Unison

“And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest...
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No Bueno: Net Neutrality Bill Might Be More About Message Than Action

September 29, 2010
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No Bueno: Net Neutrality Bill Might Be More About Message Than Action

Representative Waxman introduced a net neutrality draft bill which would prevent the FCC’s power to enforce prohibitions on discriminatory behavior, and would prohibit Title II reclassification of broadband. READ MORE –> Net Neutrality Bill Might Be More About Message Than Action.
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