Cruz and Sadler on trolls, guns and money
Editor’s note: On Oct. 2, U.S. Senate candidates Paul Sadler (D) and Ted Cruz (R) had their first televised debate. After arguing about how many more debates the pair would have before the Nov....
View ArticleSenate candidates Sadler and Cruz spar in first debate
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Paul Sadler and Republican candidate Ted Cruz bypassed policy discussion in favor of fierce accusations Tuesday evening, said a UT student who watched the debate.The...
View ArticleKay Bailey Hutchison discusses Texas' higher education needs
As her 19 years in the United States Senate come to a close, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison reflected on a career of public service and offered her take on higher education at the LBJ Presidential Library...
View ArticleModerate Hutchison worked for Texans
When Kay Bailey Hutchison, the senior U.S. Senator from Texas, retires at the end of this legislative session, we will have a front-row seat to a marked shift in the Texas Republican Party. Likely to...
View ArticleTed Cruz wins Senate race to represent Texas
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz scored an unsurprising victory over Democrat Paul Sadler, becoming the first Hispanic to represent Texas in the Senate.Cruz, a self-described “constitutional...
View ArticleThe end of email privacy
The U.S. Senate will soon vote on a law that would gravely undermine Americans’ privacy and give expanded, unbridled surveillance authority over people’s emails to more than 22 government agencies.Sen....
View ArticleUT professor argues "Gingrich Senators" stall US Senate
UT government professor Sean Theriault argues in his new book, “The Gingrich Senators: The Roots of Partisan Warfare in Congress,“ that the delay in senate processes is due to a small group of...
View ArticleUS Senate passes student loan deal
The United States Senate passed a bipartisan agreement Wednesday on student loan rates, nearly a month after the July 1 deadline.Student interest rates for subsidized loans hiked from 3.4 percent to...
View ArticleCandidates in Texas' Democratic primaries should stop taking aim at each other
Amid all the talk of the gubernatorial and the lieutenant governor campaigns, as well as the competitive local primaries, it is easy to lose track of the many other important positions Texans will be...
View ArticleLBJ Washington Center appoints inaugural director
The LBJ School of Public Affairs announced this week Thomas O’Donnell as the inaugural director for the new LBJ Washington Center.In the past, O’Donnell has worked in the White House, the U.S. Senate...
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