State of Texas Challenges Federal Government's Offshore Drilling Moratorium
August 12, 2010
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today filed a legal challenge to the Obama Administration’s offshore drilling moratorium. The State’s legal challenge charges the Administration with violating a federal law that requires the Secretary of Interior to consult with affected states before imposing an offshore drilling moratorium. Filed on behalf of the State of Texas, Governor Rick Perry and Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, today’s legal action names the following defendants: the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI); DOI Secretary Kenneth Salazar; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement – formerly known as the Minerals Management Service – and BOEM Director Michael Bromwich.  (More)

House returns from recess to send teachers to work
August 11, 2010
BERKELEY, CA, August 10, 2010--The House on Tuesday cleared a spending bill that will send $10 billion to states to employ teachers for the upcoming school year. The bill (HR 1586) passed by a mostly party-line vote of247 to 161, ( http://e2ma.net/go/6756975914/208276560/21485276
0/22498/goto:http://maplight.org/us-congress/bill/111-hr-1586/697331/total-contributions )and President Obama is expected to sign it into law. The bill also includes a six-month funding extension for Medicaid programs totaling $16 billion.  (More)

Doctors for America supports Community Health Center Week as Tea Party Doctors continue to support t
August 7, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC-- Doctors for America has partnered with the National Association of Community Health Centers to celebrate Community Health Center Week to raise awareness about the $11 billion in new funding from the Affordable Care Act that will go to Community Health Centers in every state.  (More)

Border funding passes House, Texas border lawmakers respond
July 29, 2010
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Congressmen Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX-23), and Silvestre Reyes (TX-16) released the following statement after the House passed late Wednesday $701 million in emergency federal funding to further secure the nation’s southern border.  (More)

Border lawmakers fight for emergency border funds
July 28, 2010
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, joined six other southern border lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to urge House Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer to introduce a stand-alone bill with at least $701 million in emergency federal funding for the nation's southern border.  (More)

Senate rejects border funding, border chairman responds
July 23, 2010
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, released the following statement in response to the Senate’s decision to not approve $701 million in emergency federal funding for the nation’s southern border as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Supplemental Bill.  (More)

Unemployment benefits pass the House
July 23, 2010
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) helped pass emergency legislation to assist millions of Americans and thousands of Texans with financial assistance during these tough economic times. The Unemployment Compensation Act will help 2.5 million American families with unemployment benefits through November 30, 2010 and will retroactively restore benefits to families who have been waiting for the extension since late May.  (More)

Ford Posts 13% Rise in Net Income
July 23, 2010
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Senate Shelves Efforts to Cap Carbon Emissions
July 22, 2010
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