John Culberson

Montrose, Meet Your New Congressman: Ted Poe, Homophobe

It looks like Texas just might finally have a redistricting map, after several tries. If this one goes through, Montrose will be represented by...Ted Poe. Now, it's not like the neighborhood has been represented by a GLBT-friendly rep prior to redistricting; John Culberson is a hardcore rightwinge ... More >>

Houston's Nine Members of Congress: Net Worth of Almost $400 Million

​Welcome to Congress!​The Center for Responsive Politics has put out its list of the net worth of every member of Congress, and the Houston delegation are no slackers. The nine representatives have a net worth estimated to be $392.4 million, which is a pretty impressive figure. Actually, m ... More >>

Debt Ceiling: The 10 Worst Tweets From the Texas GOP Congressional Delegation

Tweets don't fail me now​As the GOP debates whether it wants the Tea Party to drive it (and the country) off a cliff by playing games with the debt ceiling, we looked to Twitter for the updates from our state's congresssional delegation. Oddly, the Republicans didn't tweet anything like "Yes, ... More >>

Tea Party Congressmen From Texas Love Their Earmarks

Damn those earmarks!! Except mine​Brave, insightful, brilliant, not-at-all-crazy U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann founded the Congressional Tea Party Caucus to save America from Muslim presidents and stop federal spending by stopping earmarks, the modern term for pork-barrel projects. Republicans i ... More >>

Snatching Some Meth

Local woman hides drugs in vagina

Tea Party Caucus: Rest Easy, Montrose -- Your Congressman Has Joined This Elite Group

He'd be comfortable in Montrose, apparently​If there's one part of town we think of when we ponder the noisy-old-people phenomenon that is the Tea Party, it's Montrose.The `trose is just packed with factually challenged, self-deluded Obama-haters...isn't it?Not really, of course. The neighborhood ... More >>

Jeffrey Stern: Husband Of Wounded Victim In Bellaire Murder-For-Hire Plot Has Interesting Past

Photo courtesy HCSOThe accused mastermind​Houston attorney Jeffrey Stern has certainly led an action-packed life.While his recent arrest for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, which comes in the wake of three failed attempts on the life of his wife, is his first Harris County  ... More >>

Rice's Baker Institute on Drugs

KPFT recordings to be archived there.

Ted Poe, Obsessed With Vagina

When you're named Al Green, of course you're going to talk about the ladies​For hardcore political junkies -- and we do mean hardcore -- capitolwords.org can be downright addicting. Although the actual meaningfulness of the site might be up for debate, its wonkish fun factor is not: the site track ... More >>

The 10 Biggest Non-Bummers Of The Decade In Houston

​We recently took a look at the 10 Biggest Bummers of Houston's Decade; in the spirit of equal time (and the season), we now offer the 10 Biggest Non-Bummers of the Oughts.This being Houston, some of these happy developments have a not-so-happy side, but that's to be expected, we suppose.Are we mi ... More >>

The Deathmatch Between Metro And John Culberson Continues

​Congressman John Culberson didn't say much today when he released his response to Metro's response to a letter Culberson sent the Federal Transit Administration earlier this week, questioning Metro's ability to pay for a planned $1.5 billion University rail line. About the only thing Culberson ac ... More >>

John Culberson Mans The Barricades For Michael Savage

​U.S. Rep. John Culberson has a new cause -- he has become perhaps the world's biggest cheerleader for Michael Savage, the hateful nutjob radio host (Proudly presented here by KPRC!!) who makes Sean Hannity seem like a deep, reasoned thinker.What's Savage's radio show about? When he's not making j ... More >>

John Culberson: I'm Just Like The Brave Iranian Protesters

Among the heroic people fighting for freedom these days -- the protesters clogging Iranian streets, taking life-threatening risks to urge democracy in a repressive regime; and, ummm, House Republicans.At least according to one House Republican, Houston's John Culberson.The Twitter-addicted rep h ... More >>

Katy Freeway Finished As Of Tomorrow

Twitter Is Very Important!

John Culberson Loves Ben Franklin. Foreigners, Not So Much.

Turkeys of the Year: Honor Roll

Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, Tom DeLay, Janet Jackson and Tom DeLay again

Too Late, Baby

The zoo waited too long to feed at the trough

Conflict of Interest

A gay Republican for City Council?

Risky Business

Getting Schooled

A legendary debate teacher has a lesson plan to knock off Congressman John Culberson

Getting Schooled: Bombs Away

Rep. Culberson is ready to take the gloves off in Iraq

It's a Bird! It's a Plane!

Despite major opposition, construction commences on what could become North America's most dangerous airport

Girls Gone Wild

It's a regular bacchanal in one small town

Turkeys of the Year

Just stuff 'em

At the Ready

The Minutemen have come to Texas

Pimp My Ride

Metro's transportation-plan "adjustments"

Best Republican

Ties That Bind?

The D.A. shares something with those he's supposed to be probing: campaign support

Turkeys of the Year

The worst flock-ups of 2003, starting with Big Tom himself

Send in the Election Clowns

Don't worry, they're here

Is This Guy Too Smart to Be Mayor?

Bill White hopes brains and big bucks will get him elected

Letters

Music Mayhem, Poisoned Pooch, In the John

Tax Rebate Waste?

Lest tax payers forget about the rebate, U.S. Rep John Culberson drives the message home with $36,000 worth of mailings

Mixing It Up

She just wanted her comfortable suburban life. But when a concrete company intruded on her paradise, the homemaker turned warrior.

Fixing the Vote

After the election from hell, Texas lawmakers offer remedies (serious and otherwise)

Favored One

Kissing Off a Kingmaker

In District 7, is the real conservative behind door No. 1 or door No. 2?

Scouting a Smear

Culberson accuses a former GOP congressman of campaign dirty tricks

The Day the Democrats Died

Learning to love the one-party state

The Insider

The Talented Mr. Stockman. A defeated politician resurrects himself in Seventh District heaven with a stash of campaign cash

The Katy: Railing On

Fears of a future light train trouble Katy Freeway expansion critics

Buffalo Bill

Legislation would cut citizens out of the process