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Florida Governor Reverses Medicaid Stance

Perry, Cruz, Cornyn Join Forces On Medicaid

Texas’ top Republicans guns, Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, are teaming up to again oppose expanding Medicaid services in their state.

2013/04/01

A grouse rises from the heather. (credit: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

Texas Senators Seek Delay In Grouse Decision

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are asking federal wildlife officials to delay a decision on whether to enact protections for the lesser prairie chicken.

2013/02/21

Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks to delegates at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference on April 9, 2010 in New Orleans. (credit: Cheryl Gerber/Getty Images)

Perry To Address Conservative Policy Gathering

Gov. Rick Perry is delivering the keynote address at an annual policy orientation organized by a leading state conservative think tank.

2013/01/10

Cruz: Shutdown May Be Necessary

Just hours after he was sworn-in, Texas’ new Republican Senator Ted Cruz went on offense against president Obama and Democrats – who he says are reluctant to cut spending.

2013/01/04

Texas Senators John Cornyn (L) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R). (credit:CBSDFW.COM)

Texas Senators Hope To Avoid Going Over Fiscal Cliff

In one of their final joint appearances, Texas Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn said they hope to avoid going over the so-called “fiscal cliff”. The pair made their statements on Monday before 1,000 members of the Dallas Citizens Council.

CBS 11–2012/12/10

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) answers questions during a press conference regarding the omnibus spending bill on Capitol Hill December 15, 2010 in Washington, DC. Cornyn said he would vote against the bill in its current form. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Cornyn & Abbott Promote Child Protection Act

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott are urging the passage of a new federal law to fight child pornography, sexual predators and human trafficking.

2012/12/07

Cruz Reconciling With Former Texas GOP Foes

Ted Cruz won the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Texas. Now, he is the prohibitive favorite, and busy reconciling with foes he bashed as too moderate.

2012/10/15

Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) speaks to her peers on January 21, 2009 at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Hutchison Urges Senate To Renew Violence Against Women Act

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is pushing to get more federal funding to pay for rape kits.

2012/04/26

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck survey tornado damage on April 6, 2012. (credit: Chuck Schechner/KRLD NewsRadio 1080)

Sen. Cornyn Pledges Federal Disaster Money For Tornado Victims

Jim and Twila Meyer of Arlington showed Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn Mayor Robert Cluck and Tarrant County Commissioners Court Judge Glen Whitley what’s left of their yard and home after a tornado destroyed parts of their neighborhood on Friday.

2012/04/07

Cornyn Touring Damage From Arlington Tornado

U.S. Senator John Cornyn will tour some of the areas in Arlington that were damaged by a tornado that snaked through parts of North Texas.

2012/04/06

Cornyn Tries To Keep Lizard Off Endangered List

Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is trying to block the proposed listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species.

2012/03/28

Four months after a purchase at a Fort Worth gun show, an assassin would pull the trigger on that same gun in a highway ambush in Mexico, killing Jaime Zapata, an agent with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Fort Worth Gun Falls Into Wrong Hands, Kills U.S. Agent

On a pleasant October day at a Fort Worth gun show, the makings of a murder began. Four months after that purchase, an assassin would pull the trigger on the same gun in Mexico, killing a U.S. agent.

2012/02/15