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South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tom Craddick pays his daughter an average of $120K a year and changed a state law to allow health insurance for 'dependent' children of any age. So his 37 year old 'kid' gets a huge salary and government health insurance while he works to limit health care access for the children, i.e. real kids, of the working poor. Thanks to John Cobarruvias for pointing this out. Republican House Speaker...
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The Eagle Texas and Region (Free subscription) | yesterday
AUSTIN -- Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick is facing an ethics complaint over campaign payments and state health insurance benefits he has provided for his ...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
AUSTIN — Republican House Speaker Tom Craddick is facing an ethics complaint over campaign payments and state health insurance benefits he has provided for his daughter, a former lobbyist who's employed by her father as a political consultant. Filed this week by Houston-area Democratic activist John Cobarruvias, the complaint alleges Craddick has run afoul of laws designed to prevent...
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Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | yesterday
When it rains, it pours. A Democratic activist filed a complaint Tuesday accusing House Speaker Tom Craddick of violating a...
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Eye on Williamson (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick’s problems just keep adding up now it’s an ethics complaint, Pay for speaker’s daughter violates law. In essence Craddick is paying his dependent daughter from campaign funds, which is illegal. The key is his “dependent” daughter. A Democratic activist filed a complaint Tuesday accusing House Speaker Tom Craddick of [...]
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Texas Kaos - Front Page (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Texas has the highest rate of uninsured families in the nation. Texas Has Highest Rate of Uninsured Texas had the highest percentage of uninsured residents under the age of 65, with 26.3% of the population lacking health coverage... Texas leads the nation in uninsured children with 1.4 million. But Tom Craddick's 37 year old daughter isn't one of those uninsured because she gets insurance provided...
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Texas Watchdog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
State House Speaker Tom Craddick has paid his 30-something lawyer daughter $625,000 in salary from his campaign account over 6 years and has her on his state insurance plan. A Democratic attorney from Houston says that's against the law -- and we've got a copy of the complaint.
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Brains and Eggs (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Charlie Kuffner has the numbers and Paul Burka has the gossip regarding Tom Craddick's tide seemingly going out again. Let's sample a bit from each; first Kuff: I point all this out, apparently just as the arm-twisting efforts on Craddick's behalf are being ramped up, so that the next time you hear a Craddick acolyte, like Rep. Will Hartnett or Burnet County Republican Linda Rogers,...
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Capitol Annex (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Is House Speaker Tom Craddick on a deadline to reveal the 76 supporters he needs to secure re-election? The Houston Chronicle indicates that there is speculation in that direction : Craddick and his supporters contend they have the votes for re-election. His critics say he’s not even close. One way to find out is to force his hand. If Craddick doesn’t have the support, then Republicans...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
House Speaker Tom Craddick's critics say they've got enough signed pledges against him to make his re-election all but impossible.
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Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Bill Dingus took a nice chunck of votes out of Tom Craddick. Updates from the HD-105 recount. Not much movement . I'm not sure why they are surprised that there are not many "emphasis votes" for Bob Romano. We'll probably know before the resolution of the TDP lawsuits if they would even change the outcome of the election anyways. In other recount news, Chuck Hopson officially wins and actually...
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Music City Oracle (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
For a good summary of the status of the impending contest for Speaker of the Texas House of Represenatives, see here. This promises to be a battle royale. The current Republican Speaker, Tom Craddick, tends to inspire both intense loyalty and opposition, both within and outside his own party. An attempted coup from within his party two years ago nearly resulted in fist fights on the House
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South Texas Chisme (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
In an effort to keep up with raising inflation costs, TAMIU is purposing to increase its tuition 5.3 percent by fall 2009. Thanks to Tom Craddick, Debbie Riddle and the Grover Norquist Republicans.
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Texas Politics (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Might some of Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick's Republican allies give him a deadline to reveal the 76 supporters he needs for re-election to a fourth team as leader of the 150-member state House? There's some speculation to that effect....
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Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
This sounds about right. House Speaker Tom Craddick's critics say they've got enough signed pledges against him to make his...
