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March 14, 2009
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Bill Will Allow Guns on Campus

If some Texas lawmakers have their way, concealed weapons will soon be allowed on UTEP's campus.

 

Texas Senate Sharply Debates Voter ID Bill

Democratic and Republican senators skirmished Tuesday over legislation that would require Texans to show a photo ID before voting - but the debate was mainly for show, as the measure was expected to win approval.

 

Texas Voter ID Bill Passes Senate Committee

A sharply divided Senate on Wednesday tentatively approved legislation that would require Texans to show a photo ID before voting, but the measure faces longer odds in the House and an expected court challenge if it becomes law.

 

Faith in Faith Unites Many Legislators

In any legislative session, you never know where a moment might lead. So it was for me after a prayer breakfast the other day where Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst recited Scripture, House Speaker Joe Straus read from the Old Testament and Gov. Rick Perry playfully blew air kisses to the president of the Texas Association of Business.

 

by Tim Lambert

Anne Gebhart has posted another blog on the continuing saga of the battle by citizens of Bedford against the daytime curfew adopted by that city at the request of HEB school district.

 

To Fight Truancy, Wise County Judge Trades Hall Monitors for Ankle Monitors

Wise County is going high-tech on truants. To keep tabs on students who are habitually absent, Justice of the Peace Terri Johnson can now place a GPS ankle monitor on them for 30 days.

 
National News
 

Democrats' New Villain: Eric Cantor

by Patrick O'Connor

Forget Rush Limbaugh. For all the focus on the king of conservative talk, Democrats may have found a more important villain in House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a telegenic young Republican trying to bring life to his party on Capitol Hill.

  

No Quit: the Campaign to Boost Bush

The defense never rests. When President Barack Obama released his own policy this week on former President George W. Bush's practice of attaching controversial signing statements to legislation, a reporter quickly got a tip from a Bush loyalist: the cell phone number for a White House lawyer in the past administration.

 

Divided Court Restricts Voting Rights Act

A fractured Supreme Court on Monday narrowed the protections of the Voting Rights Act, saying it does not require governments to draw electoral districts favorable to minority candidates in places where minorities make up less than half the population.

 
Commentaries
 

GITMO Thugs: We Did It & Are Proud Of It

by Gary Bauer

Five "detainees" at Guantanamo Bay who the Bush Administration accused of planning the 9/11 attacks have proudly admitted their guilt. The New York Times reports that the men filed a document with a U.S. military judge entitled, "The Islamic Response to the Government's Nine Accusations." (The document has not been released yet, but an unnamed government official read portions of it to a Times reporter.)

 

Good News! Saudi Sympathizer Bites The Dust

by Gary Bauer

Barack Obama has lost yet another one of his top nominees, and this one is a real cause for celebration for anyone who cares about our national security. Charles W. Freeman withdrew his name from consideration to head the National Intelligence Council, the government body that prepares U.S. intelligence estimates. Freeman called it quits after his ties with Saudi Arabia and communist China became public.

 
 
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Dallas Curfew Opponents Gear Up
 

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Tim Lambert

Tracy Wallace with "Citizens Against the Dallas Daytime Curfew" sent the following message out regarding strategy and tactics to defeat the proposed Dallas Daytime Curfew. I think this is a good strategy and makes sense. Pass this on to like-minded friends who live in the Dallas area.
 
 
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