House lawmakers passed the Senate version of long-awaited health care reform on Sunday night. And Texas leaders were quick to fire off on it.
—On Facebook, Attorney General Greg Abbott was already declaring war on the health care bill. He said he had just left a conference call with officials from more than a dozen states: "Just got off the AG conference call," he wrote. "We agreed… Read more »
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If Republicans take over the House in January, John Boehner of Ohio would become the 61st speaker. His leadership team would likely include Eric Cantor of Virginia as majority leader, Mike Pence of Indiana as majority whip, and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington as GOP Conference chairwoman. Here are some other pivotal players:
Key Chairmen
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Rep. Michael Burgess couldn't believe his ears. He'd just been read President Obama's words in Strongville, Ohio, yesterday. At a campaign-style rally, the president had said that "We’ve ended up with a proposal that incorporates the best ideas from Democrats and Republicans."
Burgess's reaction? "If I was Joe Wilson, I could do it in two words," he told me.
Burgess, a soft-spoken… Read more »
Rows and rows of people lined along Port-au-Prince's narrow streets. Nowhere to go. Nothing to do. That's the image that will stick with Rep. Michael Burgess from his recent trip to Haiti's capital, where hundreds of thousands of people are still suffering from January's magnitude 7.0 earthquake. "It was startling," Burgess said. "They weren't mad. They just didn't have anywhere to go." Read more »
Dr. Michael Burgess M.D. is running for reelection to the 26th Congressional District, located in the heart of North Texas. The District includes most of Denton County as well as large portions of Tarrant and Cooke Counties and a small portion of Dallas County. After spending 25 years practicing medicine (Ob/Gyn) in North Texas, Burgess was elected to Congress in 2002. He serves on the… Read more »
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers wants to White House to turn over all documentation of meetings between Obama administration officials and representatives of the healthcare industry.
In a letter sent to White House counsel Robert Bauer and a separate letter sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Energy and… Read more »
The Rev. Charles Smith of Berea Baptist Church in Fort Worth and his wife, Gloria, attended the National Prayer Breakfast this month in Washington as guests of U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville.
Last year, Smith was also, at Burgess' request, a guest chaplain in the U.S. House and gave the opening invocation May 13.
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Flower Mound and Denton County dignitaries celebrated the opening of Section 3 of FM 2499 Monday, and in doing so they celebrated progress of a dream that began in Flower Mound’s early years.
Flower Mound elected officials, such as Mayor Jody Smith, and town staff members joined U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, Senator Jane Nelson, State Rep. Tan Parker, Denton County commissioners Andy… Read more »
President Obama's proposed 2011 federal budget is a mixed bag for Texas -- eliminating oil tax breaks and cutting NASA's man-to-the-moon project, but it does include new education funding.
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Arlington, criticized the massive spending in the budget -- and the loss of energy tax breaks, which he believes will hurt business and industry in Texas.
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Eight months after President Obama announced that health care companies agreed to squeeze $1 trillion worth of efficiencies out of the medical system over the next decade, lawmakers continue to wonder what the White House may have promised in return.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee found itself in rare bipartisan agreement on Wednesday that the White House should turn over… Read more »
