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July 07, 2008 Medicare bill stirs up Texas political race for US Senate

John Cornyn, urging him in a TV ad and a barrage of phone calls to support a bill that would stave off a deep cut in physicians’ Medicare fees. ...

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Source: Dallas Morning News, TX


July 07, 2008 There's little faith in FEMA's storm plans

"A work in progress," said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. FEMA would face challenges providing emergency housing and forcing evacuees to find temporary housing ...

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Source: Houston Chronicle, United States


July 07, 2008 Dallas-area students cling to American dream

Sen. John Cornyn opposed it and refused to meet with the family because they were in the country illegally, he said at the time. Ms. Gamez, now 18, ...

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Source: Dallas Morning News, TX


July 07, 2008 US Senate Candidates Battle Over Gas Prices Plans

Republican incumbent Sen. John Cornyn wants Congress to remove environmental protections from oil rich coastal waters and Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife ...

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Source: MyFox Houston, TX


July 07, 2008 Perry and Larisa Ellis

... John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison last night chose to protect insurance companies profits instead of protecting our patients’ health. Either Sen. ...

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Source: Daily News - Galveston County, TX


July 06, 2008 Noriega, Cornyn spar over veterans' issues

AP - July 6, 2008 1:15 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrat Rick Noriega portrays Republican US Senate incumbent John Cornyn as no friend to Texas military ...

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Source: KVIA, TX


July 06, 2008 Opinion On How To Fund Medicare

John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison say they're hopeful about the prospects of a bipartisan resolution. However, the resolution is widely seen as another ...

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Source: eMaxHealth.com, NC


July 06, 2008 Political spins blurring energy realities

"We may accent different facts and statistics," said Sen. John Cornyn, "but it's undeniable that unless we increase our oil supply, we are stuck with high ...

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Source: Houston Chronicle, United States


July 06, 2008 Dallas-area students cling to American dream

Sen. John Cornyn opposed it and refused to meet with the family because they were in the country illegally, he said at the time. ...

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Source: Dallas Morning News, TX


July 06, 2008 Weapons Owners Should Seek Training

... John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison last night chose to protect insurance companies profits instead of protecting our patients’ health. Either Sen. ...

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Source: Daily News - Galveston County, TX


July 06, 2008 Noriega, Cornyn battle over veteran efforts in Senate race

... officer who wants to win over fellow military voters in his run for US Senate, is portraying Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn as no friend to veterans. ...

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Source: Houston Chronicle, United States


July 05, 2008 Effort seeks last-minute horsemeat ban

Neither Texas senator signed the letter. Sen. John Cornyn has publicly opposed the bill, and at one point was believed to have had his own hold. Sen. ...

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Source: Dallas Morning News, TX


July 05, 2008 Cuts to Medicare payments near

In a statement, the senator said, "I introduced the 'Ensuring the Future Physician Workforce Act' earlier this year because I have long felt that the ...

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Source: El Paso Times, TX


July 03, 2008 Political update

... Action Committee, the political action committee of the Texas Medical Association, sent an angry note last week to US Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. ...

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Source: Alpine Avalanche, TX


July 03, 2008 A comment on the campaign

A senior staffer for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Dave Beckwith, has apparently been busted posting comments on Texas blogs under the name Buck Smith. ...

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Source: Politico, DC


July 02, 2008 Bipartisanship marks McCain's Senate tenure

In another episode, Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas responded similarly to a tongue-lashing from McCain in a closed-door meeting on immigration in the ...

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Source: The Associated Press


July 02, 2008 AMA targets Republicans who didn't vote to stop Medicare cuts

John Cornyn of Texas; John Sununu of New Hampshire and Roger Wicker of Mississippi. A spokesman for Cornyn's office had no comment about the AMA ad campaign ...

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Source: Chicago Tribune, United States


July 02, 2008 Cornyn and Noriega slip on oil issues

By LISA FALKENBERG The longer US Sen. "Big Bad John" Cornyn and wannabe senator Rick Noriega argue about America's energy crisis, the more I wonder if ...

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Source: Houston Chronicle, United States


July 02, 2008 EDITORIAL: GI Bill

A provision backed vigorously by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and others will allow a veteran to transfer his or her educational benefits to a spouse or ...

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Source: Lufkin Daily News, TX


July 01, 2008 Rick Noriega Foibles: The Series

by BigJolly | 07/01/2008 8:23 am | Alert moderator The more we learn about Sen. John Cornyn’s challenger for US Senate this fall, Rep. ...

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Source: Lone Star Times, TX


July 01, 2008 A Core Right, Reaffirmed

By US Sen. John Cornyn As we celebrate Independence Day this year, we can also celebrate the US Supreme Court’s recognition that the Second Amendment ...

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Source: Woodlands Online, LLC, TX


July 01, 2008 Politicians pump their oil plans at Dallas gas stations

At the newly opened Green Spot Market and Fuels in East Dallas, Republican Sen. John Cornyn urged Congress to adopt a GOP plan for deep-sea exploration in ...

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Source: Dallas Morning News, TX


July 01, 2008 Hutchison And Cornyn Broke Promise To Texas Patients And ...

John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison last night chose to protect insurance companies' profits instead of protecting our patients' health," the president of ...

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Source: Medical News Today (press release), UK


July 01, 2008 Cornyn staffer uses fake name to post about Senate race

By ELISE HU A senior campaign staffer for US Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, has been exposed for posting numerous pro-Cornyn comments under a fake online ...

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Source: KVUE, TX


July 01, 2008 Cornyn Vist

SENATOR JOHN CORNYN IS TRYING TO HELP FAMILIES, LIKE THE BELLS, WITH RISING FOOD AND FUEL COSTS. HE JOINED 43 OTHER SENATORS THURSDAY AND INTRODUCED A BILL ...

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Source: KYTX, TX


July 01, 2008 Texas Sen. John Cornyn hearts drilling and a good brew

Okay, so this campaign ad for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has nothing to do with the environment, but it needs to be posted: Cornyn's latest ads focus on his ...

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Source: Grist Magazine, WA


June 30, 2008 Cornyn Visits Nacogdoches

United States Senator John Cornyn was in Nacogdoches Monday to honor a group and receive an award himself. The Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce ...

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Source: KTRE, TX


June 30, 2008 Cornyn supports moratorium on food-for-fuel mandates

By Adam Holland TYLER — Sen. John Cornyn said Monday that one way to ease the pain of rising food and fuel prices is to stop putting corn in gas tanks. ...

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Source: News Journal, TX


June 28, 2008 Cornyn's little video is causing quite a big stir

By PEGGY FIKAC AUSTIN — Is US Sen. John Cornyn's Big Bad John campaign video a big black eye for him? His staff says absolutely not, painting the ...

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Source: Houston Chronicle, United States


June 28, 2008 Individual Rights Make Headway

... block Guantanamo Bay prisoners from contesting their detentions in court, Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican and onetime protégé of President Bush, ...

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Source: Wall Street Journal


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