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A Texan Rounding Up Votes for Speaker Boehner’s Debt Plan

by on July 29, 2011 in Audio, Economy, Obama, Politics, Texas

House Republican Deputy Whip Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, took the time to chat with me this morning about the challenge of putting together enough votes to pass Speaker Boehner’s debt bill. Tweet Share

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Debt Debate: Butts Did Not Get in Line AUDIO

by on July 29, 2011 in Audio, Economy, Obama, Politics, Texas

The debt debate takes a new turn now with a terrible setback for Republican Speaker John Boehner, who was unable to get enough members of his own party to go along with his plan for cutting spending, raising the debt ceiling, and ending the standoff in Washington.  Tweet Share

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Braddock TV: The Difference Between a Problem and a Crisis

by on July 28, 2011 in Economy, Politics, Texas, Video

I got a lot of reaction to this week’s segment on CBS 11 News.  Some of it was positive.  Some was negative.  I was talking about the fact that the Tea Party is driving the agenda in Washington right now when it comes to the debt ceiling debate and whether the United States will go […]

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