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Topic: Will Texas lose federal bacon
as Cruz replaces Hutchison? |
Will Texas lose federal bacon
as Cruz replaces Hutchison?
Houston Chronicle, by Peggy Fikac
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/7/2012 8:51:23 PM
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| Texas’ new U.S. senator-elect, Ted Cruz, has repeatedly taken a cautious approach when asked about how he’ll fill Kay Bailey Hutchison’s shoes when it comes to Texas’ share of federal funding. Cruz said while campaigning that he’ll work to see Texas gets a fair portion of “legitimate and important” federal spending but added, “I have yet to talk to a single voter who says the problem in Washington is that our elected officials are not bringing enough bacon home. I think if you get 435 members of Congress and all 100 members of the U.S. Senate viewing their job
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
M Stuart, 11/7/2012 9:22:59 PM (No. 8998275)
No. Valerie Jar & Michelle 0be have already promised revenge.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Rumblehog, 11/7/2012 9:41:57 PM (No. 8998310)
I need to go on a low fat, low sodium diet anyway. Keep your stinking Federal (my tax) money, you stinking libertard beltway b@st@rds.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
pickle1, 11/7/2012 9:44:06 PM (No. 8998311)
This guy claims to be a conservative; however he was not knocked out like the rest. Why not?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
get er done, 11/7/2012 10:07:52 PM (No. 8998368)
For the record, it is TEXAS bacon. Texans pay federal taxes like everyone else. What will it take to do away with Obama's liberal croneyism? -- Governors should collect and impound federal taxes if Obama pulls any more of this thievery.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 11/7/2012 10:12:27 PM (No. 8998381)
This guy was battle tested to win the primary against seven or eight competitors including the Lt Governor. He managed to make it to a run off and defeated the establishment Lt Governor. He has been an extremely capable Solicitor General and won some tough cases with strict constitutional arguments. He will drive Harry Reid bonkers.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Safari Man, 11/7/2012 10:14:13 PM (No. 8998385)
Texas Seceed.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
on fire, 11/7/2012 10:18:34 PM (No. 8998394)
Ted Cruz is Texas' bright spot in last night's fiasco.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mws50, 11/8/2012 3:52:28 AM (No. 8998628)
Ted Cruz was elected courtesy of the TEA Party. He has promised to use every means to help us fight the federal bureaucracy and their ridiculous regulations.
I hope Texas spends whatever it takes to kill the EPA's involvement in Texas. We do have an excellent Attorney general in Greg Abbott, so I like our chances.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
danu, 11/8/2012 3:54:34 AM (No. 8998631)
Rubbish. BO already denied help to TX for their -ahem-'climate change' problems.
One more reason why CC in blue blue NJ was sucking up to Helicopter Hoo-sane for the green green.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 11/8/2012 8:10:32 AM (No. 8998883)
#3, because this is Texas where only 44% are on welfare or government assistance. We can still turn out 56% of the vote for a conservative. AND.... the state is conservative and conservatives are in charge at the polls in most counties so you don't get the same amount of voter fraud. Even the illegals down here are better.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
globalwarmer, 11/8/2012 8:27:21 AM (No. 8998938)
This Yankee will be fighting for Texas in the next Civil War.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
redtexanontheprairie, 11/8/2012 8:35:53 AM (No. 8998963)
6th generation Texan, day 1 enthusiastic Romney supporter, day 1 enthusiastic supporter Ted Cruz....keep our money in Texas, seek out Texas business' and use them exclusively...easy to do we have some of the best. 2 places you won't ever see me again Kroger's (Cincinnatti) or Las Vegas, Nevada. There's more than one way to secede.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
toddh, 11/8/2012 9:52:18 AM (No. 8999180)
The Democrat party threw away the Superconducting Supercollider in a fit a pique over Sen. Hutchison's election.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
marthaville, 11/8/2012 3:45:40 PM (No. 9000283)
IT might be helpful to point out that Kay Bailey Hutchison chose not to run for reelection. So don't blame Ted Cruz.
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