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Apr 16, 2012

Gallego’s environmental credentials burnished by League of Conservation Voters endorsement

Today, the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, a non-profit that focuses on the environment, endorsed Pete Gallego to represent Texas’s 23rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Posted by Emily Wilkins on April 16, 2012 at 4:18 pm | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Campaigns, Environment, Francisco Canseco, Texas legislature, Texas politics
Tags: Ciro Rodriguez, Francisco "Quico" Canseco, Francisco Canseco, Gene Karpinski, John Bustamante, League of Conservation Voters, League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, Pete Gallego, Texas League of Conservation Voters

Senate debate recap: Cruz and Dewhurst trade barbs in lively encounter

Nearly every time he spoke, Cruz criticized Dewhurst, prompting the debate moderators to give Dewhurst a chance to respond. It all left little on-camera time for Leppert and James.

Posted by Richard Dunham on April 16, 2012 at 9:53 am | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Craig James, David Dewhurst, Ted Cruz, Texas Senate race, Tom Leppert
Tags: Craig James, David Dewhurst, debate, Kay Bailey Hutchison, republican debate, Ted Cruz, Texas politics, Texas Senate campaign, Texas Senate race, Tom Leppert

Full TxPotomac retrial coverage on special Roger Clemens blog

For the latest, most complete coverage of the Roger Clemens perjury trial, make sure to check out Chron.com’s TRIAL OF ROGER CLEMENS page. Get the latest news and insights from Texas on the Potomac’s team (Stewart Powell, Regina Garcia Cano, Elizabeth Traynor and Rick Dunham), along with award-winning Chronicle sports columnist Jerome Solomon, daily news links and guest commentary from sports and legal experts.

Posted by Richard Dunham on April 16, 2012 at 8:47 am | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Crime and punishment, Roger Clemens
Tags: Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens trial

Jury selection in Roger Clemens’ trial has begun

Clemens remained silent as he entered the courthouse this morning with his six-member team of lawyers. Presiding the trial is U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton. He has started reading questions to the pool of roughly 80 potential jurors.

Posted by Regina Garcia Cano on April 16, 2012 at 8:38 am | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Congress/Texas Delegation, General, Roger Clemens
Tags: Boston Red Sox, Brian McNamee, Congress, Houston Astros, Judge Reggie Walton, performance enhancing drugs, Roger Clemens, steroids, Toronto Blue Jays

When Clemens case ends, perhaps closure comes to sordid baseball era

The sport and its fans largely have put the sore subject of performance-enhancing drugs in their collective past, but the upcoming federal perjury trial of Roger Clemens remains a lingering reminder of the not-so-good old days.

TexMessage: News Quiz… the NRA, the Taliban and tornadoes

Good morning, TexMessagers! Time for the procrastinators of the U.S. to start their taxes…

How closely did you follow the current events from this weekend?

Posted by Caroline Ward on April 16, 2012 at 4:09 am | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: News Quiz, Presidential campaign, TexMessage
Tags: 2012 presidential election, National Rifle Association, Taliban, TexMessage, TexMessage News Quiz, tornadoes

Apr 15, 2012

The Week Ahead: Tax-cut-and-spend politics

Income tax filing day has long been occasion for action intended to highlight the opposition’s revenue vulnerability. Senate Democrats seek a vote on imposing a 30 percent tax rate on $1 million annual incomes, hoping to demonstrate that Republicans are protectors of wealth. House Republicans plan a vote on businesses tax deductions, hoping to highlight Democratic hostility toward small business.

Posted by Richard Dunham on April 15, 2012 at 8:27 pm | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Budget/taxes/economy, The Week Ahead
Tags: Barack Obtama, Billy Moore, Budget/taxes/economy, Keystone XL pipeline, Lame Duck session, President Obama, Rick Santorum, tax cuts, taxes, The Week Ahead

Texas soldier dies in Afghanistan

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The Department of Defense has announced the death of a specialist from Texas in Afghanistan on April 11.

Posted by Gerd Margrete Tjeldflaat on April 15, 2012 at 5:22 pm | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Military
Tags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, Department of Defense, Military, Military casualty, Operation Enduring Freedom, Pentagon, Philip C. S. Schiller

Gingrich looks to increase funds by renting donor list for $26,000

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, in an attempt to remedy his campaign debt of nearly $4.5 million, has turned to renting his donor list.

“We’re doing what we can to pay off the debt and we feel confident that we will be able, in the course of the campaign, to get much of that debt paid off,” said campaign chairman Bob Walker.

Posted by Samantha Wagner on April 15, 2012 at 3:33 pm | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Newt Gingrich, Presidential campaign
Tags: 2012 election, Bob Walker, campaign finance, debt, donor, Money and Texas politics, Newt Gingrich, Presidential campaign, R.C. Hammond

Ted Cruz leads the nation in support from independent expenditure committees

Independent expenditure committees have spent more supporting Ted Cruz than any other candidate for a Senate seat. But it still might not be enough for him to be the Republican nominee.

Posted by Emily Wilkins on April 15, 2012 at 12:24 pm | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: David Dewhurst, Ted Cruz, Texas Senate race, Texas legislature
Tags: Brendon Steinhauser, David Dewhurst, FreedomWorks, Money and Texas politics, Super PAC, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas Senate race, Tom Leppert

Political Cartoons of the Week: Is President Obama politicizing an already politicized Supreme Court?

Are liberals waging a war against religion, job creation, and the Easter Bunny? And at least Santorum has always been a devout Conservative whereas Romney…

Posted by Sharanya Shankar on April 15, 2012 at 9:29 am | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Political cartoons of the week, Rick Santorum
Tags: Mitt Romney, North Korea, ObamaCare, Political cartoons of the week, Supreme Court, War on Religion, war on women

Apr 14, 2012

Rick Perry returns — one more time — to Saturday Night Live

The Texas governor riffs on his campaign lowlight: “You guys remember that weird game show we were all on. We were standing at podiums and answering questions.”

“Rick, that wasn’t a game show,” the Romney character interjects. “Those were debates.”

Ron Paul reveals what happens when he doesn’t exercise (and it’s not pretty)

America has witnessed what happens when 76-year-old Republican candidate Ron Paul is questioned about his health. (He challenges his rivals to a 25-mile bicycle race).

But what happens when Ron Paul can’t work fitness into his schedule?

Posted by Samantha Wagner on April 14, 2012 at 9:41 pm | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Presidential campaign, Ron Paul
Tags: fitness, Fox Business Network, health, Paul Watch, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Watch

Pre-trial maneuvering is a prelude to a contentious retrial for Roger Clemens

Prosecutors and defense lawyers for Roger Clemens saw face-to-face in a federal court again Friday afternoon as the former pitcher’s retrial on charges of lying to Congress began in Washington. The hearing was a battle over pre-trial motions.

Posted by Regina Garcia Cano on April 14, 2012 at 7:58 pm | Permalink | Leave a comment
Categories: Congress/Texas Delegation, Roger Clemens
Tags: Andy Pettitte, baseball, Brian McNamee, Congress, Judge Reggie Walton, MLB, Roger Clemens, Rusty Hardin

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