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Obama to Expand Afghan War:Updated

November 30, 2009

After much debate, President Obama has decided to escalate the war effort in Afghanistan. The President said tonight in a speech to cadets at West Point Military Academy that troops levels will increase by approximately 30,000, effective immediately, with the first Marines expected to be in place by Christmas.
The President said his new policy was [...]

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Schieffer Out of the Race

November 23, 2009

Gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer is officially out of the governor’s race. He made the announcement at a news conference earlier today, saying he just wasn’t able to gain enough support for his campaign.
Schieffer then encouraged Democrats to throw their support behind Bill White, who is currently a candidate for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s Senate seat. Schieffer [...]

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Health Care Bill Advances

November 21, 2009

All 58 Senate Democrats and two independents voted to advance health care reform legislation complete with public option. Not suprisingly all 39 nay votes were cast by Republicans. GOP Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio was the only senator not to vote.
The 60-39 vote cleared the way for a debate on the final legislation to [...]

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Hutchison Will Resign…But Not Yet

November 14, 2009

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is challenging Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary, announced Saturday that she won’t resign her Senate seat until after the March primaries are over.
Campaign officials provided The Associated Press a copy of her prepared speech to Republican women in Galveston on Saturday. In it, Hutchison says she is [...]

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House Majority Passes Health Care Bill

November 8, 2009

In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to begin debate on the [...]

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Uncivil War: Conservatives to challenge a dozen GOP moderates

November 4, 2009

From Politico:
In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010.
Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that [...]

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Election Results

November 4, 2009

Updated: 11:00 p.m.
Get Election Results by County here
Area Ballot Issues:
# Lefors Independent School District: A $2 million bond package would provide money for projects, including remodeling high school classrooms, removing asbestos and installing technology infrastructure. No tax increase is expected.
# Vega Independent School District:Vega school district voters today rejected a proposal that would have allowed [...]

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Local Reporter Interviews Tom Schieffer

October 26, 2009

KACV’s Ellen Robertson sat down with gubernatorial candidate Tom Schieffer on Face to Face. See the full interview here.

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Health Care Reform: Where We Are Now

October 15, 2009

After many months of thoughtful deliberation, the Senate Finance Committee – the fifth and final committee responsible for health care reform – has passed a proposal that has both Democratic and Republican support.
The Finance Committee considered hundreds of amendments and the legislation includes ideas from Democrats and Republicans.
The bill is not perfect, and we still [...]

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Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 11, 2009

A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a “call to action” to work with other nations to solve the world’s most pressing problems.
Obama told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that he wasn’t sure he had done [...]

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