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House Republicans are taking their push to cut federal spending to a new level: On Wednesday, they'll unveil a project that lets the public rank its priorities for showdowns over "wasteful or unnecessary spending." Full story

Texas Sen. John Cornyn sharply criticized Supreme Court nominee Solicitor General Elena Kagan today -- hinting strongly that her lack of judicial experience, privileged background and role in Harvard’s efforts to bar military recruiters make it unlikely he will support her confirmation. Full story

President Barack Obama's first choice for a Texas federal prosecutor withdrew from consideration Thursday after lengthy delays in the appointment process. Full story

President Barack Obama called Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Thursday to discuss the impending Supreme Court nomination. Full story

Flag-waving tea party activists gathered at tax-day rallies around Texas on Thursday, denouncing big government while cheering on former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other politicians. Full story

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is heading a delegation of state and business leaders traveling to China in June. Full story

By: Victor Medina, Examiner.com Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX, Dallas) issued the following statement on Friday, March 26 in response to the week's events regarding the passage of the ObamaCare bill. "Before I get on the plane this morning heading back home to Texas ... Full story

By: Tom McIlroy, Washington Bureau on Chron Rep. Randy Neugebauer is out to prove that bad behavior can become good politics. The Lubbock Republican, who ... Full story

After a year of lackluster fundraising, House Republicans are bouncing back, Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions said Wednesday, thanks to several mood-lifting wins for the party. Sessions, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, announced that the committee raised $4.5 million in January and now has $4.1 million in the bank. That's up from $2.6 million at the end of 2009, the committee's worst year in a ... Full story

Was there an underdog on the ballot in Texas who looked at last week's Massachusetts miracle without a thrill? Taxachusetts, of all places – wellspring of Kennedys, Dukakis, Kerry – sending a Republican to the U.S. Senate. What Democrat didn't shudder? What Republican didn't dream of tapping that mojo? From GOP operatives, the talking point was that "every Democrat is vulnerable" in House, Senate and gubernatorial contests ... Full story

Palin Joins The Enemy Camp Sarah Palin has finally made the choice many of us were waiting for, and she made the wrong one. She has decided to come down on the side of open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens. That may be the side where the money is, but it is not where Americans are. Palin has decided to back John McCain in his re ... Full story

Democrats lost their filibuster proof majority in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. Republican Scott Brown won Tuesday in the race to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat that Democrat Edward Kennedy held for nearly a half-century. Texas Gov. Rick Perry congratulated Brown ... Full story

Democrats trying to push President Obama's health care overhaul through the Senate received a sobering economic warning from a new government report Friday that raises troubling questions about the bill's cost. The analysis from nonpartisan economic experts at the Health and Human Services Department concludes that the nation's health care tab will grow more rapidly ... Full story

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has joined twenty other U.S. Senators to call on the Senate's health committee to hold hearings to investigate how the government's advisory panel came to its controversial findings. Last week the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force made a recommendation that women between the ages of 40 and 49 should not receive routine ... Full story

The air war begins this weekend in the fight for the Republican nomination for governor between the incumbent, Rick Perry, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. They're both starting TV commercial campaigns, but a fact check review shows that neither tells the whole story. In Hutchison's ad, she claims her conviction to stopping the Democratic health care plan demands ... Full story

AUSTIN — If you thought Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Chairman John Carona had simmered down since he blasted his party’s top leaders last legislative session, think again. Carona, a Dallas Republican, is on a mission to avert what he sees as a looming crisis in transportation funding. He's perplexed at those from both parties who ... Full story

SAN ANTONIO—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today issued the following statement in honor of Veterans Day: “This Veterans Day, Americans remember the selfless service and countless sacrifices made by our nation’s veterans. Because of their courage and dedication, we are privileged to live in the greatest, most prosperous country on the face of the earth. I join with all Texans in honoring our veterans and thanking ... Full story

WASHINGTON — Texas' two senators and Houston-area members of Congress have traveled to more than three dozen countries on official business at taxpayers' expense over the past 12 months, led by Reps. Ted Poe and Sheila Jackson Lee, according to lawmakers' filings with the Senate and the House. The Texans used commercial airlines at a cost of at least $72,000 as well as Pentagon-provided ... Full story

WASHINGTON – Fort Worth Rep. Kay Granger, part of a congressional group that met with President Barack Obama to discuss Afghanistan, said she was growing impatient as the president weighs whether to send more troops or find an alternative. "When you're faced with a deteriorating situation, and troops on the ground, it's time ... Full story

AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is criticizing a Senate panel for failing to adopt strict anti-abortion language as part of a federal health care overhaul bill. The Texas Republican, who's running for governor in the 2010 GOP primary, has expressed support for individual abortion rights. She opposes using federal funding for abortion, however. The Senate Finance Committee voted 13-10 Wednesday to reject the ... Full story