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As U.S. Rep Chet Edwards mulled his vote on a comprehensive health care reform bill last week, the pressure on him was mounting from both sides of the issue. Opponents who voiced their opposition to the bill at various town hall meetings and protests ...
Central Texas Congressman Chet Edwards said Saturday he will vote against the sweeping House health care reform measure because he thinks “there is too much new spending in the bill.”
Texas' congressional delegation votes along party lines, except for Chet Edwards in Waco. House passes health care bill The healthcare debate | More Politics coverage
El Paso - - Flags in El Paso and across Texas are flying at half staff on orders from Governor Rick Perry following the massacre at Fort Hood. Fort Bliss held a moment of silence today to remember the 13 dead and 38 wounded in a gunman's attack. Tonight, the nation also mourns the victims of the Fort Hood shooting spree. The army post is in the district of Texas Representative Chet Edwards, who ...
Four out of five House Democrats who voted against the health care bill represent districts that voted for John McCain over Barack Obama in the 2008 election.
The office of U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards is accepting applications from students seeking a congressional nomination to a U.S. military academy.
WASHINGTON — With a personal push from President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives Saturday inched closer to passing historic health care legislation that would guarantee virtually all Americans access to care.
Four out of five House members who didn't side with their party on the health care bill represent districts that voted for the opposite party's presidential nominee in the 2008 election -- districts that voted both red and blue.
Texas U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Waco) recently received a 2009 Friends of C-FARE and Agricultural Economics award at a reception in Washington. Dr. John Nichols, head of the department of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University, representing the Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, presented the award.
Members of the U.S. House observed a moment of silence Thursday to remember the victims of the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood and Thursday night the congressman who represents the district that includes the post was scrambling to find a flight back to Central Texas.
WASHINGTON — Any momentum from Saturday’s historic House approval of a sweeping health care overhaul is likely to be short-lived as focus moves to the Senate, where progress has been stalled for weeks. Washington lawmakers on Sunday had two views...
A controversial health care reform bill gets the green light late Saturday night.. We have two reports:
While no one knows what set off Major Hasan's Fort Hood shooting, revolving-door deployments have made the site one of the Army's most stressed-out posts
A resolution was introduced on the floor of the House of Representatives Friday, one honoring the soldiers of Fort Hood and their families.
Stay up to date with the latest information about the Fort Hood shooting. News Channel 25 has reporters on post and scouring Killeen for that latest information.
Flags fly at half-staff here and at U.S. installations around the world in the wake of the deadly shooting at Fort Hood and U.S. forces worldwide will observe a moment of silence Friday afternoon in which the post is urging Central Texans to participate.