U.S. Congressional News

Tom DeLay to Debut the "Bitch Slap" on Dancing With the Stars Next Month

News is leaking out of Hollywood that former U.S. House Majority Leader and mugshot model Tom DeLay will be part of the cast of next season's ABC hoofer ratings smash Dancing With the Stars. What hasn't come out yet is DeLay's plans to debut a new dance called the "Bitch Slap," an arm-movement-heav ... More >>

T. Boone Pickens Names A New Holiday

To celebrate the one year anniversary since launching the Pickens Plan, ol' T. Boone himself has declared today, July, 8, "Energy Independence Day." It nice to know that all it takes is befriending a few powerful congressmen and about $100 million to name your own national "independence" day honor ... 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 >>

Sobriety-Checkpoint Bill Advances; Some Legislators Should Start Worrying

Photo by Jason PrattThe American Beverage Institute is still keeping up its noble fight to stop the Texas legislature from passing a bill that would allow sobriety checkpoints on the roads.SB298 has been passed by the Senate and now goes to the House."By calling for sobriety checkpoints, this propos ... More >>

The T. Boone Pickens Road Show

A former wildcatter and corporate-takeover tycoon preaches alternative energy across America.

Ron Paul, Crusading Against All Pork But His

Photo courtesy Ron PaulOf all the Republicans in the US House of Representatives, who do you think has the most earmarks in the omnibus spending bill? Some RINO from up north?Nah. It's our own Ron Paul, stalwart criticizer of government spending (that's not in his district.)Fox News is touting the s ... More >>

Miguel Tejada Offers Scant Contrition, Scurries Away Like Scalded Dog

Photo by lisaschafferphotoThere there, little soldier. Miguel Tejada faced the press yesterday and took the coward's way out. Crying and stumbling over his words, Tejada confessed his sorrow for not telling Congressional investigators that he knew of another player that took steroids. Tejada and h ... More >>

Miguel Tejada Offers Scant Contrition, Scurries Away Like Scalded Dog

Photo by lisaschafferphotoThere there, little soldier. Miguel Tejada faced the press yesterday and took the coward's way out. Crying and stumbling over his words, Tejada confessed his sorrow for not telling Congressional investigators that he knew of another player that took steroids. Tejada and h ... More >>

Gloom And Doom For Uninsured Texas Children

Our Congresspeople: The Best & Worst

He's Baaack

The DREAM Act Might Be Dead, But These Kids' Hopes Are Not

They are American in everything but name. They can go to college in Texas and improve themselves. Doesn't matter. At the end of the day, they're just illegal immigrants without social security numbers or futures.

Cover Story: Barack Obama and Me

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Andy Pettitte Won’t Be There When Mr. Clemens Goes to Washington

Bud Selig and Steroids: Today’s the Day, or Something

Steroids and Miguel Tejada: Sucks To Be Ed Wade Right Now

Roger Clemens and Steroids: Hearings Scheduled for a Date to Be Named at a Later Date

Knock 'Em Dead

Mint Condition

Tom DeLay Wins the Day (Well, Pretty Much)

Heathens No More

Dead Voucher Walking

That Man Makes a Mean Lemonade

A Fallen Star Is Born

Tom DeLay's scandals are a gold mine for two Texas filmmakers

Bohacked Off

A state rep takes umbrage

Bad Blood on the Tracks

Metro's consulting becomes insulting for some Hispanic leaders

Best Role Model

Terry Hershey

Nice Guy, Wrong Color

How Ken Bentsen got run over by a rainbow

Up In Smoke

Enron used political ties to rid itself of regulators. But in the end, its supposed free-market trailblazing only burned investors.

Best 15 Minutes of Fame

Dani Ferro, U.S. Representative Tom DeLay's daughter

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

Judicial Show and Tell

Senators Gramm and Hutchinson dig deep into applicants' political pasts

Zeroing In

So the DPS doesn't play favorites with VIPs? Just check out their licenses.

Best Republican

State Representative John Culberson, winner of the GOP nomination in the Seventh Congressional District

This Bud's for John

John McCain's family

News of the Weird

Political Splashes and Splats

The triumph of Bob and Sheila; the tragicomedy of Craig and Lloyd

Walter Mitty in Robes?

Murphy's law reigns

News of the Weird

Easygoing George W. Bush

With help from Democrats Pete Laney and Bob Bullock, Bush has been a Republican governor Texans love. But who'll be his pals if he sets his sights on the presidency?

A Family Affair

Roland Garcia has the political backing to be the U.S. Attorney for South Texas. He also has a brother imprisoned for murder and drug trafficking -- a fact he somehow forgot to tell his congressional sponsors. That may not be enough to disqualify him, but

Brothers of the Road

'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.

Victor's Big Adventure

He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But what would Victor Morales do in the U.S. Senate? He'll get back to you on that one.

Letters

Letters

The Exterminator

Tom DeLay, the bug man from Sugar Land, has always despised environmental regulation. Now, as House majority whip, he's in a position to do something about it.

The Wendy Card

Wendy Gramm's all-American success story is a centerpiece of her husband's fledgling presidential bid. But there's more to the story than what's being packaged and sold by the Phil Gramm campaign.

Letters

Scary Tales from the Tapes

Cisneros and Medlar conduct a seminar on realpolitik

The Case Against Kay

Last year, a grand jury was told tales about Texas' junior senator. Here's what they heard.