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Texas Republicans cosponsor bill to reform, depoliticize NASA administration

Rep. Bill Posey, R-Florida, addresses the media in front of the Capitol Building while Texas Reps. John Culberson, Pete Olsen and Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf wait their turn to speak. The four congressmen cosponsored the Space Leadership Preservation Act aimed at reforming the NASA administration.

Reps. John Culberson, R-Houston, Pete Olsen, R-Sugar Land, and Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, cosponsor Space Leadership Preservation Act to end “mismanagement” and “abrupt program changes” in NASA administration.

Congressman Ted Poe leads the Houston-area pack in congressional campaign fund raising

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House incumbents from the metropolitan area are en route to re-election.

Top Ten: Drugs, guns found in Rep. Blake Farenthold’s sister’s home

Rep. Blake Farenthold (Facebook photo)

Sue Farenthold was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Texas Republicans: June jobless numbers show failure of Obamanomics


The June employment numbers, released earlier today, show that the economy is not rebounding as previously hoped.

Sen. John Cornyn decries inadequate staffing at Texas-Mexico border crossings

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, criticizes U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder as he speaks to activists from America's political right at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cornyn, a Texas Republican and a hawk on border security, used the opportunity to tout a bill he has pending in the Senate that would allow for more public-private partnerships to increase staffing at ports of entry and improve infrastructure.

Culberson wins House ban on federal aid for Metro lines along Richmond, Post Oak

Rep. John Culberson (Chronicle photo)

The House adopted a $51.6 billion spending measure on a 261-163 vote that included Culberson’s ban on federal spending for any Metro expansion along Richmond Avenue and Post Oak Boulevard. The measure also requires an in-depth audit of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County by the inspector general of the Department of Transportation.

Rep. John Culberson inserts language to block funding for Houston Metro light-rail expansion

Rep. John Culberson (Sharon Steinman/Houston Chronicle)

For the first time in his long-running dispute with Houston Metro, Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, has managed to insert language into a $51.6 billion spending package that could block federal funding to expand the light rail system along Richmond and Post Oak.

Texas military installations eyeing $450 million in projects

Lone Star State military installations would receive nearly $450 million in construction projects, including ongoing work at San Antonio and El Paso hospitals, in a spending bill outlined by officials on Tuesday. The lion’s share of the funding for Texas bases would be spent at Fort Bliss in El Paso, with $207 million designated for  Read More

Why Texas congressional incumbents are beating their Tea Party challengers

Rep. Kevin Brady (AP photo)

The Texas Tea Party Patriots want Montgomery County’s member of Congress to be a thorn in the side of the political establishment, an unwavering conservative and a leader in the fight for causes they hold dear. So faced with a Republican primary choice between a challenger claiming Tea Party credentials and an eight-term incumbent, the  Read More

How effective has ‘zero tolerance’ policy been on border enforcement?

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent walks down the aisle among shackled Mexican immigrants a boarded a charter jet for deportation. (AP photo)

Border Patrol officials have expanded the “zero tolerance” zone to cover all 210 miles of the Del Rio Sector and other stretches of the border in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Yet, the so-called Streamline strategy has become a political flash point in the border security debate, with some immigration hawks lobbying to expand it along the entire length of U.S.-Mexico border.

The best and worst use of social media by Texas lawmakers

After analyzing the social media use of each of member of the U.S. Congress from the Lone Star State, Texas on the Potomac’s Caroline Ward has created the “aWards” to reWard the good, the bad and the ugly in Texas delegation social media usage.

TexMessage: Who is the most conservative, liberal member of the Texas delegation?

Who is the most conservative member of the the Texas delegation? And the most liberal?

Heritage Action for America recently released a scorecard rating how conservative and liberal members of congress are.

Houston-based super PAC targeting more Texas incumbents

The Campaign for Primary Accountability, a non-ideological political action committee, is working on behalf of underfunded challengers without the financial wherewithal to defeat entrenched incumbents. It’s part of the PAC’s stated goal of educating voters and diminishing the power of incumbency.

Houston Metro withstands behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Capitol Hill

.Late night committee wrangling targeted Metro expansion.