Texas Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling for more Congressional oversight, amid news reports of Trump allies communicating with Russian officials.
John R. Carter
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Politics
Congress is Back, But Don’t Expect Much
The U.S. Congress returns Tuesday for four weeks of legislating, but with November elections on the horizon expect modest results — maybe a stopgap funding bill and some new federal judges for Texas.
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Energy
The Brief: July 18, 2014
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is on his way out in a few months, but on Thursday he moved to fill some key Senate leadership slots to help the chamber prepare for the coming legislative session in January.
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Health care
The Brief: July 3, 2014
The Tribune’s four-part “Hurting for Work” series exploring the flip side of the “Texas miracle” — workers getting hurt and not finding much help from a system set up to minimize government regulation of business — wrapped up on Wednesday.
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Energy
The Brief: May 14, 2014
Wichita Falls is catching more than a little flak for its plan to take treated sewer water and use it for drinking water, a plan that got put on the fast track with the current drought. But the wisecracks hide an important fact — wastewater reuse is already common across the state.
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Health care
The Brief: Jan. 14, 2014
Washington, D.C., is abuzz over the latest perceived thumb to the eye delivered by Ted Cruz to the House leadership.
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Criminal Justice
New Immigration Bill Filed; 2 Texas Lawmakers Leave Talks
As the co-chairmen of the Congressional Border Caucus introduced an omnibus immigration bill Friday, two Texas congressmen left a House group working on immigration after saying they could no longer trust the president.
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Demographics
TribLive: A Conversation With Gutierrez and Carter
On Monday, I interviewed two members of the U.S. House’s “Gang of Eight” — Reps. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., and John Carter, R-Round Rock — about comprehensive immigration reform: why we need it, what it should include and whether the votes are there in Congress to pass it.
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Updated: The 2012 Holdouts List
Some are waiting to see what the courts will do. Others want to see if any opponents surface. Regardless, with six days to go until the filing deadline, how many incumbents haven’t filed yet? A whole bunch.
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Anti-Washington Perry Heading to Capitol Hill
Gov. Rick Perry will hit the city he vows to shake up this week for a presidential candidate forum and meetings with the lawmakers on Capitol Hill whose salaries and work he plans to slash.