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Plan to tap $3.1B in rainy-day funds clears state House hurdle Tackling the budget shortfall, the Texas House tentatively agreed to $1.5 billion in cuts and to use $3.1 billion from the state's reserves. CIA sends teams to Libya as U.S. considers rebel aid The CIA has sent small teams of operatives into Libya and helped rescue a crew member of a U.S. fighter jet that crashed, and the White House said Wednesday it was assessing "all types of assistance" for rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's troops. BLOGS Texas PoliticsRepublicans strip $50 million and counting from family planning for other services The Texas House is systematically stripping funds from family planning and voting to spend it on other areas including pregnancy crisis centers, services for children with autism or mental illness, services for the aging and early childhood intervention. If a...
Texas on the PotomacRepublican lawmakers push President Obama to keep National Guard on US-Mexico border Ten Republican members of the House Homeland Security Committee — including Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Austin and Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio — are urging President Obama to extend the National Guard deployment of 1,200 troops along the U.S.-Mexico border beyond June...
Houston PoliticsPatrick's drainage bill advances "It's time for the mayor to quit being stubborn and do the right thing," Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, was saying this afternoon, shortly after his bill that would remove Houston churches, schools and non-profits from the new drainage fees Houston...
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