Interactive graphic: Texas is 4th most-affected state by sequester
The Pew Center on the States calculated the states that would be affected the most by the upcoming spending cuts. On average, states would experience a 6.6 percent cut. Texas, however, will be...
View ArticleSequester Day roundup: How budget cuts will affect Texas — and you
The sequester is finally here. After weeks of debate among Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, the deadline to reach a deal on the across-the-board budget cuts has arrived and...
View ArticlePerry: Fellow GOP governors folded under pressure on Mediciad
True to character, Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn’t miss an opportunity to tout the economic success of his home state on a national stage. Perry chided President Obama for the current state of the economy...
View ArticleAs sequester hits home, Rep. Farenthold fights Texas airport closures
As the consequences of the federal budget sequester begins to bite, lawmakers are beginning to bark. At President Obama. Case in point: Texas Republicans’ response to the FAA’s release last week of a...
View ArticleTexas congressmen mobilize support, offer prayers for fellow Texans following...
Texas lawmakers responded with heavy hearts late Wednesday evening following the week’s second tragedy, this time in their home state. Working through the night, Rep. Bill Flores of Bryan and...
View ArticleSen. Cornyn briefs Senate on the West tragedy; House remembers with a moment...
The morning after the nightmare explosion in West, Texas Sen. John Cornyn debriefed the Senate on the tragedy. Cornyn asked the floor for another prayer for the town of West. He said that although the...
View ArticleIllinois Gov. Quinn, Chicago Mayor Emanuel dismiss Rick Perry’s job-poaching...
Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s famously blunt (and occasionally profane) mayor, doesn’t seem too threatened by Rick Perry’s two-day job-poaching expedition to the Windy City and environs. “Imagine the jobs...
View ArticleCornyn and Cruz visit West, Texas after fertilizer plant explosion
The two Texas senators took time off from their Washington duties to visit the site of a deadly fertilizer plant explosion on Friday. “In this close community, I grieve with the injured, and the family...
View ArticleCzech ambassador visits West, brings condolences to Czech Texans
The Czech ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Petr Gandalovic, toured the devastated town of West, Texas to pay his condolences today with Governor Rick Perry. West is a small town known for...
View ArticleThe Top Ten: Louie Gohmert thinks radical Muslims are training to ‘act like...
Every week Texas on the Potomac gives you a second glimpse of our top stories from the previous week. Here are the most viewed stories from April 14 to 20. 1. Texans pray for Boston’s blast victims;...
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