Kay Bailey Hutchison

Texas Senate Race Tests GOP Establishment

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.29.2012

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The Republican Senate primary race to fill the seat left open by retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has been framed as Republican establishment versus...

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GOP Senator Rips Rick Perry

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.22.2012

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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) ripped Governor Rick Perry on Thursday for excluding Planned Parenthood and other programs for women from the Lone...

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Michael McAuliff

Republicans See Scheme In Dems' Push On Violence Against Women Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 03.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats began their push to renew the Violence Against Women Act on Thursday, as the Republican leader accused them of perpetua...

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ESPN Analyst Makes Big Political Move

AP | CHRIS TOMLINSON | Posted 02.18.2012

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AUSTIN, Texas — College football analyst Craig James, who starred as a tailback at Southern Methodist University and with the New England Patrio...

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Bachmann Accuses Republican Rival Of 'Crony Capitalism'

AP | By WILL WEISSERT | Posted 12.06.2011

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Rick Perry brags that Texas has created more than 1 million jobs during his 10 years as governor, trumpeting the state's hands-off re...

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What's Driving Rick Perry?

The New Republic | Alec MacGillis | Posted 11.27.2011

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The Tea Party movement had not yet fully impinged on the nation’s consciousness when Rick Perry stepped to the podium outside Austin City Hall on Ap...

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Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.04.2011

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Michael Likosky

Here are 5 ways that labor unions are advancing private-investment-driven solutions to our crisis, and promoting export-led growth -- in partnership with businesses.

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It's Time To Play in the 3-I League

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 11.02.2011

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Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

In our opinion, reforming the entire fiscal policy process is too abstract and overly ambitious -- especially in these contentious times.

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Ryan Grim

Gang Of Six Unveils Debt-Reduction Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- More than half the Senate was convened early Tuesday morning by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) for a briefing on a deficit-reduction plan bein...

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A New Debt Ceiling Proposal: a Future Fund

Michael Likosky | Posted 09.10.2011

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Michael Likosky

The idea of shared sacrifice as a public value is fine. However, why should many Americans, who have become accustomed to shouldering most of the sacrifice, get excited about taking on additional burdens?

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Sam Stein

White House Sends Disaster Relief To Texas After Bias Accusations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In early June, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) bluntly claimed on national TV that the Obama administration was biased against he...

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Clinton Global Initiative America: Problem-Solvers Not Provocateurs

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.31.2011

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Michael Likosky

Over the last two days, a group of businesses, non-profits, and public officials came together in Chicago at the Clinton Global Initiative to find ways putting Americans back to work in a way that contributes to everyone's bottom line.

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Let Wave Two Begin -- Obama, Geithner and an Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.24.2011

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Michael Likosky

In a time of budgetary crisis, an Infrastructure Bank can finance an infrastructure platform for surge manufacturing.

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Fareed Zakaria's Republican Case for a National Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.22.2011

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Michael Likosky

Zakaria begins to make the case for Republican and Tea Party support. Let's flesh it out a bit.

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Sam Stein

Senior Texas Senator: Obama Has A 'Bias Against Texas'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is messing with Texas, the senior senator from that state alleged. Speaking to MSNBC on Friday, Republican Se...

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America: 21st Century's First Emerging Economy

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.09.2011

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Michael Likosky

By most accounts, our representatives in Washington will find a way of raising the debt ceiling to avert financial crisis. However, our deficit is not going away anytime soon.

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American Jobs NOW

Brent Budowsky | Posted 08.09.2011

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Brent Budowsky

I am appalled, sickened, angry, disgusted and outraged by the shameful neglect of jobless Americans that corrupts this capital and poisons our economy while small minds say we have no options, and cold hearts ignore what is happening.

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From Shared Sacrifice to Shared Prosperity

Michael Likosky | Posted 07.28.2011

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Michael Likosky

Today, we would rather bicker amongst ourselves than find ways of working together as a team to open up the economy, and rapidly grow our pie. As a result, we find ourselves embracing a no-jobs in our back yard philosophy.

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Rebuilding America Is Job One

Will Marshall | Posted 07.27.2011

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Will Marshall

A big national push to build modern infrastructure will ensure America's return to being an engine of production. That's why Congress needs to make room for a National Infrastructure Bank to rebuild America.

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Elise Foley

Senate GOP Votes Down Bill To End Big Oil Subsidies

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 07.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A ceremonial vote over whether to end subsidies to major oil companies failed on Tuesday, with 45 Republicans and three Democrats voting...

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Kerry's American Infrastructure Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Likosky

Today, a rare thing happened in the United States Senate. A major bill was unveiled aiming to invest in America's infrastructure.

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List Of Possible Kay Bailey Hutchison Successors Takes Shape

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's retirement announcement nearly two years before Texas voters will choose her successor gives aspir...

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Kay Bailey Hutchison Won't Seek Reelection In 2012

Posted 05.25.2011

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Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Republican, will not seek reelection in 2012, the Dallas Morning News reports. "I am announcing today that I will...

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Enemy of the Valley: Aaron Peña's South Texas Party Switch Stings Constituents

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Farris

Tony Martinez understands the significance of a powerful message. That's why it's unsurprising that he remembers what Aaron Peña's yard signs used to say -- and the promise they never fulfilled.

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Kay Bailey Hutchison Will Face Tea Party Challenge If She Runs For Reelection In 2012

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Anna M. Tinsley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only Kay Bailey Hutchison knows whether she'll seek another six-year term in the U.S. Senate. But Texas' senior senator -- once the most popular Re...

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