Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. K. Michael Conaway [R, TX-11]

House Panel OKs $2.5B in Annual Cuts to Food Stamps After Debating Whether Jesus Would Approve

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...treat the least among us, the least of our brothers, that's how you treat him." Southern Baptist and Texas Republican Rep. Mike Conaway declared that he too is a follower of Christ and charged right back at Vargas. "I read this chapter of Matthew 25 to

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San Angelo Tea Party received IRS questionnaire

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...of their political affiliations is completely contrary to our nation’s founding principles,” Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, said in a statement. Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway said he thinks the IRS targeting tea party groups amounted to “a witch hunt.

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Rising consumer demands aids organic industry sway

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...disparaging non-organic pork?" asked the House committee chairman, Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., who opposed the amendment. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, took issue with part of the amendment that would allow the organic producers to opt out of other commodi

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U.S. House — for 37th time — votes against health care reform

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...to Obamacare,” U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, said. Farenthold was another vote for repeal. U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland, pointed out that the vote to repeal actually has been successful — at least in the House. “I don’t get

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IRS Acted Alone In Developing Targeting Criteria For Conservative Groups: Report

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...Roll Call) Editor's note: Flake became a U.S. senator in Jan. 2013 Source: American Conservative Union 2012 Rankings Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) Source: American Conservative Union 2012 Rankings Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S

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Online sales tax bill mulled

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...version pointed out that sales taxes are nothing new. “The Marketplace Fairness Act does not create a new federal tax,” Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland, said. “It enforces existing state taxes.” The proposal requires remote retailers making at leas

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Texas lawmakers offer views on online sales tax proposal

2013-05-11T01:00:00Z

...pointed out that sales taxes are nothing new. “The Marketplace Fairness Act does not create a new federal tax,” said U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland. “It enforces existing state taxes.” The proposal requires remote retailers making at least $1

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Farenthold rips Benghazi security

2013-05-09T01:00:00Z

...“It’s clear that they were not prepared to secure the Americans serving in Benghazi,” said Neugebauer, R-Lubbock. U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland, serves on two other panels among those that have launched investigations, the House Armed Services

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Sanford, Colbert Busch Poll Shows South Carolina Candidates In Tight Race

2013-05-06T01:00:00Z

God's Day... And God's Taunt

2013-05-05T01:00:00Z

...(R-KY)- $1,348,311 • Don Young (R-AK)- $1,193,613 • David Vitter (R-LA)- $1,144,385 • Mary Landrieu (D-LA)- $1,086,084 • Mike Conaway (R-TX)- $942,118 • Pete Sessions (R-TX)- $868,346 • Charles "Lord" Boustany (R-LA)- $803,655 These 11 extra

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Steve King Senate Run Not Happening

2013-05-04T01:00:00Z

Big Country lawmakers still skeptical of BRAC, but San Angelo attitude warming

2013-05-04T01:00:00Z

...Angelo attitude toward a new BRAC might be surprising. Excess military facilities and a shrinking military prompted U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland to note the inevitability of new BRAC. “It’ll come, and all these communities need to be ready for

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Charles Rangel sues House Speaker John Boehner over ethics censure

2013-04-23T01:00:00Z

...333-79," a House aide told The Hill. "It's sad that he has resorted to such tactics in the face of damning evidence." Reps. Michael McCaul , R-Texas, Mike Conaway , R-Texas, Charlie Dent, R-Pa., and Gregg Harper, R-Miss., also are named in the complaint

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Rangel Sues Boehner Seeking to Overturn House Ethics Censure

2013-04-23T01:00:00Z

...of [Rangel's] constitutional rights," the complaint adds. The other lawmakers named in the suit are Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mike Conaway (R-TX), Charlie Dent (R-PA) and Gregg Harper (R-MS). Conaway and Dent were also members of the Ethics Committee

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Military workers in Coastal Bend, nation, face uncertainty over pay

2013-04-22T01:00:00Z

...it’s a hardship on people and their families,” he said. “It didn’t have to be this way. There was a better approach.” U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, a HASC member, said everyone’s in favor of slashing spending until it affects them directly. “Thi

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Civilians on high alert for furlough

2013-04-21T01:00:00Z

...it’s a hardship on people and their families,” he said. “It didn’t have to be this way. There was a better approach.” U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, an HASC member, said everyone’s in favor of slashing spending until it affects them directly. “Th

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TRISH CHOATE: Thatcher was hero to many in politics

2013-04-11T01:00:00Z

WASHINGTON — The Iron Lady’s passing brought out the softer side of Texas Republicans who fondly hailed her accomplishments, love for the United States, dedication to freedom and conservatism. But for U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, Margaret Thatcher’s dea

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Food Stamps Are Key Component to Getting Farm Bill Passed

2013-04-11T01:00:00Z

...food stamps than in any government program. There is five times as much fraud in crop insurance than in food stamps.” Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, who spoke to the journalists in Lucas’s absence, said he has told House conservatives that they should

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Big Country lawmakers react to Obama's federal budget

2013-04-11T01:00:00Z

...him to do what’s popular now, but it’s not a responsible plan for the future and it’s not a good way to govern.” U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, Republican from Midland: “The president’s budget — unveiled two months late — is just more of the sa

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James Inhofe: Salary Donations Are 'Childish'

2013-04-09T01:00:00Z