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Senator John Cornyn
Republican • Texas • 3rd Term • Sworn In 2002
- 9 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 69 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 16 of 100)
- 83 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 66 of 100) 1 Made Into Law (Ranks 64 of 100)
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- Sen. John Thune
- Sen. Ben Nelson
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Susan Collins
- Sen. Richard Durbin
- Votes with party 94%
- Abstains: 1%
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GOP may get a ‘surprise’ on Iraq bill, Reid says
John Cornyn (Texas), the GOP’s conference vice chairman, said the supplemental debate would shed a bright light on Democrats’ internal divisions. ...
Top Senate Dems Shift Stance on Iraq Pullout Timetable
John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison - close allies of the Bush administration - expressed concern that Gonzales and the Justice Department had mishandled ...
Immigration Debate Continues
Thirteen hundred signed letters by residents of the Rio Grande Valley were delivered to the offices of US senators Kay Bailey Hutchinson and John Cornyn, ...
GOP Senators Seeking Immigration Compromise
John Cornyn (R-Texas), who voted against the bill last May but is now at the core of the GOP immigration group. Any bill stands a better chance in the House ...
Abuse of Power
John Cornyn told The Dallas Morning News editorial board Monday that he was "disappointed" in Mr. Gonzales' performance, adding that there's a perception ...
Dems aim to shine light on secrecy
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and John Cornyn, R-Texas. In prepared statements, media representatives stressed the importance of public access to timely information ...
Democrats cite Bush administration secrecy as they push open ...
Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, and John Cornyn, a Republican. In prepared statements, media representatives stressed the importance of public access to timely ...
Open Access Launches Journal Wars
John Cornyn (R-Texas) has pledged this year to resurrect the Federal Research Public Access Act (S.2695), which would require federally funded research to ...
Reformer editor to testify in DC
John Cornyn, R-Texas, also a member of the Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday. The committee's hearing and the introduction of the Leahy-Cornyn legislation ...
GOP Allies Concerned About Gonzales
Texas Republican John Cornyn, for instance, said at a press conference on Tuesday that he has known Gonzales for a long time and wants to let him have the ...
An investment in US democracy
John Cornyn a Republican from Texas. For more about the introduction of SB 849, read Leahy's statement and Cornyn's remarks online. Photo courtesy of Sen. ...
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison -- close allies of the Bush administration -- expressed concern that Gonzales and the Justice Department had mishandled ...
Cornyn says Democrats’ Iraq pullout bill undercuts troops
Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas calls Democrats’ Iraq withdrawal plan "an embarrassment." The plan being pushed by House Democrats would require the ...
Senate, Bush on crash course over airport screeners
Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn both opposed the bill. "The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this provision would cost American taxpayers' ...
Make it easier for all of us to access public records
John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Cornyn and Leahy plan to reintroduce the Senate version of the FOIA reform bill this week. ...
Excerpts from e-mails regarding the firings of eight federal ...
John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison — typically full-throated defenders of the Bush administration — expressed concern that Gonzales and the Justice ...
The Grand Elusion
John Cornyn (R-Tex.), the administration's most faithful legislator, said "the appearances are troubling" for Gonzales. "I'm concerned," Cornyn said with ...
Democrats Want Attorney General Gonzales to Resign Over Firings of ...
John Cornyn, also a Judiciary Committee member, appeared with Leahy at the conference — originally meant to publicize an open government bill the two are ...
Capitol Watch
John Cornyn, R-Texas, a senior member of the panel, plan to introduce bipartisan legislation to create more transparency and accountability in federal open ...
ACLU Praises Protection of Freedom of Information Act, Says OPEN ...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the legislation, which will both protect and strengthen ...
Open government is good for everyone
John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Cornyn and Leahy plan to reintroduce the Senate version of the FOIA reform bill this week. ...
Ted and Henry Camel
First, the Kennedy bill (co-sponsored by Texas Republican John Cornyn) specifically prohibits the FDA from banning tobacco products, so some in the industry ...
Cheerleader in Chief
Now, Bush aides--led by Karl Rove--are negotiating with key Republican opponents of last year's bill, notably Senators John Cornyn and Jon Kyl, ...
Freedom of information
John Cornyn, R-Texas, sponsored a bill with many identical provisions two years ago and, at a hearing, said “I have long been looking forward to bringing a ...
Public deserves document disclosure
John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. “The Bush-Cheney administration sent a powerful message governmentwide with the Ashcroft policy in 2001 ...
Bill loosens Bush's hold on FOIA
The timing of the president's order was interesting given that bipartisan support was building for a much more stringent act proposed by Sen. John Cornyn ...
Let the sun shine in
Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, will unveil new FOIA reform legislation. These proposals couldn’t have come at a better time. ...
Conservative support for Gonzales ‘tepid.’
This has not been handled well,” said John Cornyn, R-Texas. “But in Texas we believe in having a fair trial and then the hanging.” ...
It's Sunshine Week. Do you know where your environmental news is?
... and in the Senate conservative Texas Republican John Cornyn teamed up with liberal Pat Leahy of Vermont to again file their OPEN Government Act today. ...
Gonzales takes blame, but refuses to step down, amid US attorney ...
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a longtime friend of Gonzales', said the dismissal of US attorneys has not been handled well by the Justice Department. ...
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