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02/19/2010

Dick Armey calls Obama 'shallow,' 'incompetent' in speech at Conservative Political Action Conference
WASHINGTON – Dick Armey, former House majority leader and a force in the Tea Party movement, issued a scathing critique Thursday of President Barack Obama.

02/15/2010

U.S. House candidate Steve Clark acknowledges 1986 arrest, denies hitting ex-wife
WASHINGTON – Congressional candidate Steve Clark acknowledged Monday that he was arrested in 1986 on charges of assaulting his ex-wife, despite previously telling The Dallas Morning News that he had never been arrested.

02/14/2010

Memorial attendees remember Charlie Wilson with laughter
Former Rep. Charlie Wilson was remembered Sunday as a man who helped change history in Afghanistan after the Soviet Union invaded but at the same time didn't take himself too seriously. The memorial service brought dignitaries from around the state to Angelina College for a service that celebrated the one-of-a-kind congressman.

Charlie Wilson served in a party-hard, work-hard time
WASHINGTON – In Charlie Wilson's heyday, it was possible for a congressman to cavort with playmates and dictators, snort cocaine, broker side deals with arms merchants, circumvent elements of the CIA and change the world.

02/12/2010

GOP gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina doing damage control after 9/11 remarks
She continues to backpedal from remarks that she has questions whether the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Politics blog: Something Perry, Hutchison agree on

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Democrats propose smaller jobs bill
Stung by criticism that a bipartisan jobs bill emerging in the Senate wouldn't create many jobs, Senate Democrats on Thursday proposed a new stripped-down version they hope will still get support from Republicans and Democrats.

02/11/2010

Charlie Wilson, playboy East Texas congressman who covertly aided Afghans, dies at 76
Charlie Wilson, a 12-term East Texas congressman who was best known for his playboy ways until he masterminded a covert effort to funnel billions of dollars in arms to Afghan rebels fighting the Soviets in the 1980s, died Wednesday in Lufkin. He was 76.

Sessions says recent GOP victories aided fundraising for party
WASHINGTON – 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.

Black leaders urge Obama to target blacks with aid
WASHINGTON – Prominent black leaders pressed President Barack Obama on Wednesday to pursue an economic agenda that includes targeted help for blacks, whose unemployment rate is much higher than the national average and nearly twice that of whites.

02/10/2010

Trail Blazers blog: Rep. Pete Sessions predicts GOP majority after midterm elections
The Dallas Republican predicts that this year's crop of GOP candidates will be looked on "the same way that our candidates were in the class of 94: majority makers."

For GOP and Obama, partisan actions follow bipartisan talk
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and GOP leaders agreed Tuesday that they had pinpointed a handful of areas – most of them related to job creation – where the two sides might be able to work together.

02/09/2010

Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
HARRISBURG, Pa. – U.S. Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq war, died Monday. He was 77.

GOP health care script takes modest approach
WASHINGTON – When Republicans and President Barack Obama meet to hash out differences over health care this month, the GOP will look to emphasize tax incentives and state innovations, with no new federal mandates and only a modest expansion of the federal safety net.

Experts doubt televised talks will end health care logjam
WASHINGTON – Don't count on President Barack Obama's health care summit to thaw the bitter political climate that has stalled legislation for months, analysts said Monday, not least because Republicans remain wary of the plan.

02/07/2010

Palin brings out crowd for Perry rally near Houston
On Super Bowl Sunday, Rick Perry handed the ball to star runner Sarah Palin, who joined the governor's team in bashing big-spending Washington.

Photos: Perry, Palin rally

Texas Watch: Social Security faces rocky political road
Beyond the thick curtain of finger-wagging last week over huge deficits and an unsustainable debt, a familiar battle resurfaced over the future of Social Security.

Sunday news show guests
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02/06/2010

Tea Party plans PAC to finance candidates
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – As they opened their inaugural national convention here, Tea Party advocates from across the country declared that they would turn the grass-roots conservative anger that burst onto the streets a year ago into political power, wielding money and campaign infrastructure as well as sheer energy.

Senate likely to be less diverse after November elections
CHICAGO – That historically all-white club known as the U.S. Senate is likely to lose some of what little diversity it has after November's elections.

02/01/2010

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