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2 years 27 weeks agoApril 3, 2006
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Rep. Tom DeLay told TIME that he will not seek reelection and will leave Congress within months.
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March 31, 2006
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Tony Rudy, a former top aide to Rep. Tom DeLay, has agreed to plead guilty to charges in the widening federal investigation of lobbyist fraud, a law enforcement official said Friday.
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March 30, 2006
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The recommendation will be a starting point when lawmakers convene April 17 for a 30-day special session to answer a court order to restructure the way K-12 schools are funded.
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Tax-Swap Ignores Education
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Turmoil is fast becoming a constant for CHIP, a popular program Congress created nearly a decade ago to help families who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private insurance.
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It's OK for public officials not to disclose the value of checks given to them as gifts, the state panel charged with enforcing good government practices has ruled in a private meeting.
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Republican leaders, including both Strayhorn and Rick Perry, ignored Texas veterans and backed the Washington lobbyists instead.
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With the special session still a month away, state leaders are already at odds over how to tackle revamping the way Texas funds public education.
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Embattled Rep. Tom DeLay will move a step closer this week to resolving felony charges against him, but the appeals court hearing may remind voters about his legal troubles at a time when he is trying to win re-election to Congress.
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Even Texas' highest-performing school districts vary widely in how much they spend on instruction, according to a study released this week by a coalition of education groups
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Republican Gov. Rick Perry will call the Legislature into special session April 17 to deal with a court mandate to find a new funding formula for public schools by summer, a state government source told The Associated Press Thursday.
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The Texas Republican Party has failed to file a state disclosure report on its activity in a recent special House election, a possible violation of state law and the party's agreement with a Travis County prosecutor.
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March 8, 2006
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Last night, voters across the state rejected the failed policies of the Republican Party.
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Veteran state Rep. Kent Grusendorf, architect of House Republicans' repeatedly failed efforts to fix Texas' flawed school-finance system, was defeated Tuesday night in the biggest statement of a primary season dominated by education issues.
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But Rep. Tom DeLay won't be in Sugar Land on Tuesday night. He'll be in Washington to watch results from his first seriously contested race in two decades.
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I want to commend Katy Hubener on running an excellent race in the special election for House District 106.
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The Supreme Court should overturn the Texas precedent.
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When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today about congressional districts drawn up by the Legislature in 2003, it will consider whether an inherently political process may have become too political in Texas and disenfranchised voters.
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Bush appointee overruled Justice Department lawyers who thought redrawn Texas districts violated voting rights.
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On Wednesday, the high court will consider the validity of the state's bitterly contested 2003 congressional districts map
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