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- McCain's Veepstakes: Kay Bailey Hutchison
- Tenth in a Series (This is the tenth Veepstakes article. Already profiled have been Alaska Gov. Sarah Polin, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Ohio Rep.RobPortman, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, fanner Maryland Gov. Michael Steele, Indiana Gov. Much Daniels, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and...
- Research articles 2008-06-16
- Senate Stalls Defense Spending Bill
- On August 4, the U.S. Senate left town for its summer recess before voting on the $468.4 billion defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2007. The bill contains funds the Army desperately needs to fight the global war on terrorism. If the bill had passed, it would have gone into...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Lawmakers Continue to Work on Airline Relief Bill.
- By Maria Recio, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 27--WASHINGTON --Senate leaders drew closer to agreement on an airline rescue package Wednesday, as an industry group reported that plummeting demand in the first week of the Iraqi war forced...
- Research articles 2003-03-27
- Texas Senator Loses Aviation Subcommittee Chairmanship to Mississippi's Lott.
- By David Jackson, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 11--WASHINGTON--Because former Senate Republican leader Trent Lott lost his post, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, has lost one of hers. Mr. Lott, R-Miss., will replace Ms. Hutchison as...
- Research articles 2003-01-11
- Texas Senator Joins Lott in Effort to Organize African-American Summit.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 20--Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi has turned to one of his close allies, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, to organize an African-American summit early next year, while struggling to maintain his position...
- Research articles 2002-12-20
- Texas Senators Throw Support behind Tennessee's Frist for Majority Leader.
- By Maria Recio, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 21--WASHINGTON--As soon as Sen. Trent Lott announced his decision to step down as GOP senate leader Friday, Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn of Texas threw their support behind...
- Research articles 2002-12-21
- Senate limits fees D.C. taxpayers have to shell out
- On November 7, by a 51-to-49 vote, the Senate passed an amendment limiting the attorney fees the District of Columbia can award in certain lawsuits brought against the D.C. school board. Federal law requires school districts to provide special accommodation for students with learning disabilities or other disadvantages. Parents can...
- Research articles 2001-11-19
- Funding Collision on Track for Houston Rail Expansion.
- By Julie Mason, Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 13--WASHINGTON--In a move that portends a showdown between local lawmakers over funding for Houston rail expansion, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on Thursday earmarked $25 million for the city's share of 2002 federal transportation...
- Research articles 2001-07-13
- New House Bill Improves Prospects for Scheduling Collaboration Law
- Relaxing Antitrust Provisions Would Help Ease Congestion, Young Says The introduction of new legislation in the House has dramatically increased the likelihood of a law being passed by the U.S. Congress this year allowing airlines to collaborate on scheduling at congested hub airports. The new bill...
- Research articles 2001-04-13
- Officials revise estimates of income, sales tax growth
- OKLAHOMA CITY JR -- Original estimates for income and sales tax growth have been revised downward as Oklahoma's economy has slowed, senators were told Wednesday. Tony Hutchison, Senate Economic Research and Policy Analysis Division director, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that employment and salary growth and consumer and...
- Research articles 2001-02-15
- Obligations make financial outlook less `rosy'
- Unstable natural gas prices, coupled with previous obligations the state must honor, will make it more difficult than ever to meet state budget needs this year, Senate leaders were told Wednesday. "The financial outlook is not nearly as simple or rosy as it looks," said Sen. Kelly Haney,...
- Research articles 2001-02-01
- Breaking Through the Ultimate Glass Ceiling
- It won't happen this year. but the next chance at the White House is only four years away, and more women than you might think are already laying the groundwork for their own presidential bids. Bolstered by changing public attitudes, women in politics no longer assume that the Oval Office...
- Research articles 2000-06-26
- Senate nixes needles, pot in district budget
- On September 16, by a vote of 52 to 39, the Senate passed an app ations bill for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2000 (HR 2587) that provides $429.1 million in federal support, but prevents the District from using any federal, local or private funds on attempts to...
- Research articles 1999-10-01
- Texas Air Force base clears hurdle
- WASHINGTON -- A plan to protect a Texas Air Force base from budget cuts and possible closure has cleared a crucial hurdle in the Senate, where a provision included in a defense spending bill would allow the city of San Antonio to provide services to reduce the Pentagon's costs. ...
- Research articles 1999-06-10
- Senate blocks vote on campaign finance reform
- In the last days of February, Republicans in the Senate successfully killed the McCain-- Feingold campaign-finance reform bill, which, among other things, would ban the use of unregulated soft-money by political parties and limit the activities of private, public policy organizations. GOP senators argued that the law would undermine the...
- Research articles 1998-03-13
- Two women rose or fell by their ideas, not gender - rejection of Lani Guinier for Department of Justice position and election of Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison to the Senate - Column
- The noisy controversy over Lani Guinier was a triumph for feminism, but you won't hear many feminists say so. The withdrawal of her nomination to be assistant attorney general for civil rights demonstrated eloquently that she is a woman whose ideas are taken seriously (at least by everybody but...
- Research articles 1993-07-12
- The lessons of Texas: the Hutchison victory will have many good effects - not least the overturning of the Wofford precedent - Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison's election to the US Senate countered the issue of health care reform that helped to elect Democ
- WHEN Kay Bailey Hutchison defeated Bob Krueger by a 68 to 32 per cent landslide, she brought Republican Leader Bob Dole's count in the Senate up to 44, strengthening Dole's hand for potential filibusters and probably dooming much bad legislation, starting with the striker replacement bill. Even more important,...
- Research articles 1993-07-05
- Mutual assured destruction - Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison likely to win Lloyd Bentsen's Senate seat in Texas - Editorial
- Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison defied the pundits - national review included - by winning the first round of Texas's special election for Lloyd Bentsen's Senate seat, clipping by a few hundred votes the appointed incumbent, Bob Krueger. This despite the presence in the 24-man race of two other Republicans who...
- Research articles 1993-06-07
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- Bills Would Prohibit Tolling On Existing U.S. Interstates
- Rep. John Peterson (R-Pa.) introduced a bill last week that would prohibit tolls on existing federally funded interstates. Peterson's bill is the House of Representatives companion to a Senate measure introduced Sept. 5 by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas).The House bill, which was introduced Sept. 10 by Peterson, along with...
- Research articles 2007-09-17
- Hutchison Bill Addresses Scheduling Collaboration, Environmental Reviews
- Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would streamline the environmental review process for airport expansion and seek ways to reduce flight overscheduling at airports, including relaxing anti-trust restrictions on airline scheduling collaboration.
- Research articles 2001-03-30
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