GOP infighting shakes party
The Tampa Tribune - Sat Dec 12, 12:33 am ETAn increasingly fractious challenge to the Republican Party from its own conservative base could relegate the party to indefinite minority status, some Republicans fear.
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An increasingly fractious challenge to the Republican Party from its own conservative base could relegate the party to indefinite minority status, some Republicans fear.
Even Randy Henning’s wife told him the e-mail he sent out was “kind of pompous.” And it did garner some attention. In fact, it proved provocative enough to persuade John Magee to oppose Henning for the chairmanship of the Walton County...
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A little over a year after Congress bailed out the financial system, the House on Friday passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s financial architecture and the rules that govern it, seeking to prevent a repeat of last year’s meltdown.
SAN ANGELO, Texas —In endorsing Houston Mayor Bill White for the Democratic nomination for governor, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell said it’s time to end Texas’ long Democratic drought.“It’s a great night to be a Texas Democrat!” Leffingwell shouted to a raucous, upbeat crowd in Austin’s Scholz Garten Sunday evening.Leffingwell lamented that a person born the last day a Democrat was Texas governor ...
They all laughed at Fulton and his steamboat, Hershey and his chocolate bar. And at Rep. Ron Paul , the 2008 presidential candidate who had the zany idea — as many laughing people thought — that the Federal Reserve system could become a sizzling political issue. Ben Bernanke , chairman of the Fed, who does not laugh promiscuously, knows that it is no laughing matter that Paul has 317 co-sponsors ...
State lawmakers approved $150 million for UTMB, but the funds are contingent on a local funding mechanism for the medical branch.
When the Charleston County Republican Party censured South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham last month, the group stated that Graham "in the name of bipartisanship, continues to weaken the Republican brand and tarnish the ideals of freedom, rule of law, and fiscal conservatism." by Jack Hunter When the Charleston County Republican Party censured South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham last month, the ...
Everybody can blow off steam this holiday season in Tarrant County.
Kleinheider argues that the former Davidson County First Vice Chair Matt Collins provided the necessary ammunition for the party to oust him More
Jacksonville State Rep. Chuck Hopson's recent switch from the Democrats to Republicans brings to mind a story Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance told from his days in Congress.
Young Americans for Liberty invited the Texas congressman to ASU.
In endorsing Houston Mayor Bill White for the Democratic nomination for governor, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell said it’s time to end Texas’ long Democratic drought.“It’s a great night to be a Texas Democrat!” Leffingwell shouted to a raucous, upbeat crowd in Austin’s Scholz Garten Sunday evening. Leffingwell lamented that a person born the last day a Democrat was Texas governor will be 15 years ...
WASHINGTON - And at Rep. Ron Paul, the 2008 presidential candidate who had the zany idea - as many laughing people thought - that the Federal Reserve system could become a sizzling political issue.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is speaking as though the Fed has controls over unemployment as well as price stability. That's a sure way to get Congress to exercise the authority by which it created the Fed and start overseeing it more closely.