Senator John Cornyn

Republican  •  Texas  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 2002
Current Term 2009 - 2014 View All
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11/24/09
Helping Texans In Need This Holiday Season

(By US Sen. John Cornyn) -- During the past year, many Texas families have been impacted by our nation's struggling economy. Many hard-working men and women ...

Source: Wilson County News
11/24/09
The Midday Brief: November 24, 2009

... to Texas' two Republican US senators, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, who both blasted the Senate health care reform plan over the weekend. ...

Source: Texas Tribune Blogs (blog)
11/24/09
Theodore Roosevelt IV Opts Out of GOP Race for Senate

George E. Pataki, Representative Cynthia M. Lummis of Wyoming and Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the chairman of the party's senatorial campaign committee. ...

Source: New York Times
11/24/09
RE: John Cornyn

AUSITN (KXAN) - US Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today provided the Austin Central Library with a copy of the 2074 page health care bill that the Democrats ...

Source: WISH
11/24/09
EDITORIAL: Government waste, incompetence should frighten even health care ...

Republicans, including Texas' senators, John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, wondered aloud who was going to pay for all this — an admittedly ironic ...

Source: Waco Tribune Herald
11/24/09
Neugebauer files legislation on behalf of O'Brien project

“I will be working with my colleagues, including Senator (John) Cornyn, to get this well-deserved tribute to O'Brien passed through Congress. ...

Source: Big Spring Herald
11/24/09
Illegal wire transfers difficult to stop, law enforcement officials say

... wire transfers to fund their illegal enterprises, US Sen. John Cornyn said Tuesday after meeting with federal law enforcement officials in McAllen. ...

Source: Brownsville Herald
11/24/09
KSM Trial Helps Restore US Principles

Conservative commentators harshly criticized the move as either giving the heinous terrorists a break or, in the words of Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, ...

Source: Consortium News
11/24/09
Obama giving Texas tribe hope for compensation

US Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, stands by his past statement that as a former judge, he believes court judgments ought to be respected and not ignored, ...

Source: Austin American-Statesman
11/23/09
RE: John Cornyn

Senator John Cornyn of Texas says the legislation would ensure the victims of the Fort Hood massacre and their families are entitled to the very same ...

Source: MyStateline.com
11/23/09
RE: John Cornyn

Senator John Cornyn of Texas says the legislation would ensure the victims of the Fort Hood massacre and their families are entitled to the very same ...

Source: MyStateline.com
11/23/09
RE: John Cornyn

That's right, US Sen. John Cornyn came in at No. 9 on the list. Said Cilizza, “The Texas Senator and chairman of the National Republican Senatorial ...

Source: News-Journal.com
11/23/09
Democrats at risk in 2010 shift from offense to defense

"After the last election, the one word I would have used would be 'despondent,' " says Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who leads the National Republican ...

Source: USA Today
11/23/09
Local leaders help promote food bank in difficult times

Mayor Lee Leffingwell and US Sen. John Cornyn were among those asking local companies and organizations to challenge their employees to volunteer their time ...

Source: News 8 Austin
11/23/09
US Senate candidate pays local visit

He said with "no disrespect" to Hutchison or Sen. John Cornyn, when it comes to major policy discussions in the Senate, "they are not invited to the room. ...

Source: Gonzales Inquirer
11/23/09
Hutchison in national spotlight … Group that opposed Perry order is hosting ...

That's right, US Sen. John Cornyn came in at No. 9 on the list. Said Cilizza, “The Texas Senator and chairman of the National Republican Senatorial ...

Source: News-Journal.com
11/23/09
RE: John Cornyn

“The challenge we have is that somebody as conservative as Jim demint can't get elected nor as conservative as John Cornyn can't get elected in some parts ...

Source: Politico
11/23/09
Sosa, frying, Hutchison and Denberg

Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn of Texas call for more time to analyze the Senate health care reform bill. Why do they need more time to analyze a bill ...

Source: Austin American-Statesman
11/23/09
Texas Red: maybe more correctly Taxes Red

These folk include, the governor, Rick Perry, federal senators, John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchinson and all of our members of congress. Most, if not all, ...

Source: Examiner.com
11/23/09
Biodiesel companies fret about expiring tax break

Last week, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said in a letter to the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee that the tax credit is “vital” to the Texas ...

Source: Houston Chronicle
11/23/09
Sen. John Cornyn, medical research, Texas Education Agency

I found it incomprehensible that the Star-Telegram chose Saturday to commend the principles of Sen. John Cornyn for his cloture vote to permit debate on the ...

Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram
11/23/09
Cornyn points to funds

by ETR Staff Report Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) is advising his state's fire departments to apply for grants made available to finance the hiring of ...

Source: East Texas Review
11/23/09
RE: John Cornyn

"Twelve jurors will make that judgment. It should have been left in the commissions and should have been left at Guantanamo." Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex. ...

Source: Politics Daily (blog)
11/23/09
$1.8 Billion Annual Hit to Houston Region Causes Stir at Minute Maid Park

... US Representative Michael mccaul, US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, US Senator John Cornyn and Texas State Representative Lois W. Kolkhorst, ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
11/22/09
Historic US health care bill clears Senate hurdle

...R-Wyo., Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., McConnell, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, gestures

Source: Taiwan News
11/22/09
RE: John Cornyn

National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas), who has already aggressively targeted Lincoln for defeat next year, ...

Source: Arkansas News
11/22/09
Historic health care bill passes key Senate hurdle

...left are, Sen. Mike Enzi, Sen. Lamar Alexander, McConnell, Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and Sen. John Cornyn. The 60-39 vote Saturday night cleared the way for a bruising, full-scale debate on the bill after lawmakers return from t

Source: Taiwan News
11/22/09
For Lincoln, A Question of Timing

...of likely voters said they would be less likely to back Lincoln’s re-election if she supports the health care bill. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee — who has already aggressively targeted

Source: CQ Politics
11/22/09
PoliTex: Bush library architect believes that center will draw people from afar -- even Fort Worth

...said the new space is more centrally located. Plus, the party got a better lease rate, she said. Apparently, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn may have talked a little too much last week. So much so that he had to cancel his weekly conference call with the media.

11/22/09
RE: John Cornyn

Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who heads his party's 2010 campaign efforts in the Senate, sees no electoral good for Reid coming from his ownership ...

Source: Las Vegas Sun

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Fax: 202-228-2856

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