Opponents of Republican-backed legislation to dramatically curtail abortion rights in Texas descended on the Capitol by the thousands on Monday.
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Guest Column: “Ruly Mob” Was Prompted by Civic Duty
On Tuesday, the last day of the first special session, those of us sitting in the Senate gallery observed rules of decorum — until we saw that senators were breaking their own procedural rules.
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Video: Davis Makes the Sunday Talk Show Circuit
State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, wrapped up a week in the national spotlight with appearances on the network affiliate Sunday talk shows.
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For Wendy Davis, Opportunity Knocks at Inopportune Time
The new Democratic star in Texas politics has said she’ll seek re-election to the state Senate, but the events of the last week put Wendy Davis in position for a bigger race — one that would be very difficult to win.
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Straus: Perry Crossed Line on Davis Comments
One of the most powerful Republicans in Texas, House Speaker Joe Straus, said Friday that Gov. Rick Perry’s controversial remarks about Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis were inappropriate and damaging to the GOP brand.
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Perry Defends Davis Comments
Gov. Rick Perry on Friday morning defended his comments about state Sen. Wendy Davis, saying he was “sad that she does not understand that every life is precious, certainly her own.”
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On Abortion Filibuster, Perry Says Davis Didn’t Learn From Own Example
Gov. Rick Perry went after rising Democratic star Wendy Davis on Thursday, saying the Texas senator’s fierce advocacy of abortion rights shows that she did not “learn from her own example’’ as a single mother.
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Despite Glow of National Spotlight, Davis Still Faces Fight in Texas
Wendy Davis came off the Senate floor early Wednesday as the national Democratic Party’s newest star. But what effect her 11-hour filibuster to stop abortion legislation will have on her political prospects in Texas is an open question.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Legislature Stands Ahead of Congress
Texas politicians and institutions are getting much better marks from the state’s voters than the president and Congress, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Perry Issues More Than Two Dozen Vetoes
Gov. Rick Perry issued more than two dozen vetoes Friday, including a line-item veto that wipes out funding for the Travis County prosecutors who investigate government fraud and public corruption. He also vetoed a bill that would have had Texas law mirror gender wage protections in the federal Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.