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Senate panel gathering facts on S&P downgrade
Posted by Dimitrios 182 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Dewhurst poised to make U.S. Senate bid official
Posted by Rupert484 204 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Texas lieutenant governor gets into the race for the Republican nomination to fill the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison with a big advantage: If necessary he could self-finance a campaign that could top $10 million to wage.
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Texas Senate OKs cops asking for immigration status
Posted by Beowulf309 238 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Senate Republicans finally passed a priority issue for their party early Wednesday morning when they outmuscled their Democratic colleagues on an immigration-related bill intended to make it easier for law enforcement to corral illegal immigrants.
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Senate committee OKs sanctuary cities bill
Posted by kevin2336 239 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
From the testimony of a Houston police officer's widow to allegations of racism, a day-long legislative committee hearing Monday on a bill banning "sanctuary cities" brought the national immigration debate back to the Texas Capitol.
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Senate approval gives $4 billion in school cuts another try
Posted by rhodan842 249 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Senate voted Friday night to make education pay its share of the state's budget problems, reviving legislation to take $4 billion out of public schools' funding.
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Texas Senate panel OKs school cuts despite pleas
Posted by Mattyboy217 250 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Texas lawmakers invited the public to share ideas about school funding cuts Thursday, but GOP leaders rushed to approve the legislation without incorporating any of that input and rebuffed all urging to spend more from the rainy day fund.
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Senate Dems again reject Perry's pick to lead education board
Posted by yellowbell 257 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
In a pointed message to Gov. Rick Perry, Senate Democrats again have rejected the governor's choice to lead the State Board of Education, in large part because of the board's approval of controversial curriculum standards that are being challenged as discriminatory and historically inaccurate.
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Texas Senate approves redrawing the district map
Posted by Kandymine 266 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Davis’ two attempts to redraw her district were shot down along party line votes.
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Texas Senate passes bill to bring in $4 billion, soften cuts
Posted by theshade67 281 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Texas Senate approved a bill on Friday to bring in about $4 billion through the next two years through tax collection speedups, state payment delays and other revenue measures.
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Texas Senate budget plan is short by $3 billion
Posted by Musashi316 290 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Senate budget-writers also backed a variety of fee increases and, in a 9-6 vote, approved allowing health-related higher education institutions to liquidate their share of an endowment set up with part of the state's tobacco lawsuit settlement.
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Senate panel OKs budget tapping $3B from Rainy Day Fund
Posted by Willkill12 293 days ago (http://www.chron.com)Texas Senate panel has budget plan, but not a way to pay for it
Posted by legendmega 298 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Senate leaders are looking at non-tax revenue and, possibly, dipping further into the rainy day fund than Gov. Rick Perry has said he is willing to do.
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Ex-UH, Olympic star Lewis running for N.J. Senate seat
Posted by Theiornman 302 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis says he’ll run again — for New Jersey Senate.
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Senate could vote today on Texas campus guns bill
Posted by goemon654 302 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
A bill to allow concealed handguns in Texas college classrooms failed its first big test.
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Senate OKs bill to expand drainage fee exemptions
Posted by matty3350 305 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
One day after the Houston City Council passed a new drainage fee that exempts existing churches, schools and most county government facilities, the Texas Senate approved a bill that would increase the number of exemptions in the Houston ordinance and extend them into the future.
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Texas Senate panel OKs bill allowing guns at colleges
Posted by wiseman111 309 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The next step is a vote by the full Senate, which approved a similar bill in 2009.
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Texas Senate gets crack at House's bare-bones budget
Posted by Lucario0708 309 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Education and other key services slashed, but proposed spending is likely to grow in the Senate version.
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Departure of Senate minority whip clears path for Cornyn
Posted by aaron4sho 361 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The retirement announcement by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., cleared the way for John Cornyn and potential rivals to jockey to serve as right-hand man and heir apparent to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
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Texas Senate panel approves abortion sonogram bill
Posted by Runehawk571 363 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Senate State Affairs Committee voted in favor of a bill that would require a physician to perform a sonogram on a pregnant woman two hours before performing an abortion.
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Texas Senate pushes voter ID; House balks
Posted by Redraggonz 366 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
While the Texas Senate put voter identification legislation on a fast track Monday, the House overwhelmingly rejected an effort to bypass the normal committee process so a bill could be approved without public testimony.
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Texas Senate budget has more for border, less for schools
Posted by wolfthestar 367 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Border security funding would get a slight boost, but public schools, higher education, criminal justice and health care for poor Texans would be cut under Senate leaders' first crack at a bare-bones budget.
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Texas Senate takes up GOP-backed voter ID bill
Posted by safiriaroks 368 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
A key Texas Democrat concedes the Legislature is sure to pass a Republican-backed voter identification bill.
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Senate OKs tax cuts; House vote could come tomorrow
Posted by noob54321 419 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
President Barack Obama urged quick action in the House.
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Senate Passes Tax-Cut Bill
Posted by Unknown963 419 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
(Tax cut bill passage report updated with analyst commentary.)
WASHINGTON (TheStreet) -- The Senate voted on a controversial tax cut bill Wednesday, extending tax cuts for most Americans in an effort to boost U.S. job growth.
In an increasingly rare show of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, Democrats and Republicans voted Wednesday to approve extending the expiring tax cuts. The tax cut was pa
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Senate blocks repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
Posted by TempStrife 425 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
GOP halts legislation that would allow gays to serve openly.
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