Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. oil refiners will be eligible for a 50 percent tax credit starting Wednesday if they agree to expand plant capacity, according to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas.
Eye on Williamson (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Hill on Noriega v. Cornyn, Cornyn sticks to his message despite decline in polls, tough times for GOP. The luxury of representing a conservative state also means Cornyn has little obligation to hew to the center like more politically vulnerable centrists in his party, such as Susan Collins of Maine or Gordon Smith of Oregon. [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. oil refiners will be eligible for a 50 percent tax credit starting July 9 if they agree to expand plant capacity, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said.
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The way I see it, there are essentially three potential lists of potential GOP "veep" picks. Here they are (in no particular order):1. Media picks: This includes folks who -- in my estimation -- have little chance...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety:
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
AUSTIN, Texas, July 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP Texas joined forces today with the Texas Medical Association to urge Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn to reconsider and support a bipartisan bill that would stop a 10.6 percent cut to doctors who treat Medicare patients, keep Medicare premiums fair, and make significant improvements to a program that 44 million Americans depend on.
Maggie's Notebook (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The American Thinker's Lee Cary says that according to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's office, Obama's Senate Bill 2433 will come to the floor for vote soon, with as little as week for Senators to prepare for it. This hushed bill will likely be "sprung" as you and I attempt to catch-up after celebrating this Nation's Independence Day. Investor's Business Daily put it this way: By adopting the Millennium...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
"Texas physicians are deeply offended that Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison last night chose to protect insurance companies' profits instead of protecting our patients' health," the president of America's largest state medical society said. A 10.6-percent cut in physicians' Medicare payments is scheduled to take effect July 1. A bill to forestall that cut fell one vote short on the floor...
Texas Politics (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Once upon a time, Longview surgeon John Coppedge raised money for the campaigns of Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. But Coppedge made headlines in 2002 by dropping his support for Perry after a...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Provisions harmful to hospitals owned by physicians dropped from final legislation WASHINGTON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Physician Hospitals of America (PHA), representing the nation's physician owned hospitals, applauds the wisdom of Congress in passing supplemental appropriations legislation that did not contain proposed language harmful to PHA members. An earlier version of the bill crafted by...
BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Download valenzuela.jpg On the steamy afternoon of July 3, 1863 the fierce fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg was reaching its zenith. The 19th Virginia Infantry was desperately trying to resist an assault by the 19th Massachusetts Infantry. Finally the...
GregsOpinion.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
» DMN: Poll: Kay Bailey Hutchison is Texans' favorite politician More Lyceum madness ... GOP Gov Primary - 2010 among Republicans KBH - 50% Perry - 23% Dewhurst - 7% Michael Williams - 2% Flo Shapiro - 2% Dem Gov...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
As Gov. Rick Perry today hits a milestone — becoming the Texas governor to serve the most consecutive days in office — a new poll shows him trailing U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison among Texans looking toward the 2010 governor's race.
Gop3.com:The Triumvirate (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
So a debate going around the office lately has been “Who should serve on McCain’s presidential cabinet if he was elected'” Based off some research and consideration, this is the cabinet I would put together if I was McCain. It is not so much a prediction of who McCain will chose for his cabinet, however [...]
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Interesting. The political action committee of the Texas Medical Association, furious about a Thursday night vote on a Medicare-funding bill,...
