Senate Democrats have been defending a deal they cut with Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., to gain his vote for their health care bill. The provision calls for the federal government to fund the entire cost of expanding Medicaid in his state. Senate Republicans have slammed the provision as unfair because [...]
Is there anything that could bring our deeply divided Congress together in an act of overwhelming bipartisanship? Is there any issue that could unite more than 400 members of the House of Representatives, Democrats and Republicans, in common cause? Is it even possible to have broad [...]
As you may have heard, the Democrats defeated the Republican filibuster on health care reform in the Senate very early this morning. It wasn’t pretty, but a win is a win (or so they say). The Republicans, of course, immediately started throwing the temper tantrums for which they have [...]
Neshoba County, MississippiRonnie Earle - the Democrats that Republicans love to hate - wants to be the next lieutenant governor. The former Travis County DA filed Friday. He says he's running because the political process in Austin ought to be more open and inclusive. Earle was the man who indicted House Majority [...]
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We've all read Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Tiny Tim teaches us the true meaning of Christmas. The greediest of the Republicans Greedy can't resist the poor crippled boy, who bestows upon us all - that no matter how little one has, love and redistribution [...]
We continue to hear rumblings about the creation of a Texas Tea Party to compete with Republicans and Democrats. If the teabaggers were more than insignificant shills for Rick Perry, they would have already taken steps. We’re about to find out if they have the courage of [...]
Brent Budowsky, a columnist for The HIll, writes today that Texas Democrats are in position to upset Republicans in 2010. He has especially hopeful words for Bill White. and a keen sense of why national Democrats should be and will be paying more attention to [...]
All 40 Senate Republicans could unite against LegislationLooks like a fifth state house district in Tarrant County will have a contested Republican primary next year.
Bill Burch says he's planning to make a second run for the District 93 seat currently held by Arlington Democrat Paula Pierson. In 2008, Pierson beat Burch with 57 percent of the vote. Burch [...]
Waco Democrat Chet Edwards holds one of the most Republican congressional districts in the country that isn't represented by a Republican.
Naturally, Republicans have been angling to change that for years -- without success. He survived re-redistricting, and one onslaught after another, even in the years when a Republican president, George' [...]
by JB WilliamsGOP hopefuls get litmus test in Tarrant, Collin, Denton counties
Saturday, December 12, 2009
By GROMER JEFFERS JR. / The Dallas Morning News
Republicans filing to run in the March primaries in several local counties are being asked to take a party-platform purity quiz.
Republican parties in Tarrant, Collin [...]
A new study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reveals some startling differences between Republicans and Democrats on issues of spirituality and supernatural phenomenon.
The study, "Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths," reports that a significant number of Americans practice a mixture of [...]
