Daily Archives: April 27, 2005

HJR6 predicted to sail through Senate

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

You know how I had a smidgeon of hope that HJR6 would fail to make it through the Senate? Looks like that hope was sadly misguided. Senate leaders Tuesday predicted support for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages in Texas … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Retreat!

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

It’s pretty sweet to see the Republicans in the House retreat on yet another special rule they implemented to coddle and swaddle Tom DeLay, isn’t it? “I’m willing to step back,” [House Speaker Denny] Hastert said after a closed-door meeting … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Plunk Biggio

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

How can you resist a blog that’s devoted to one man’s (probably unintentional, possibly unconscious) quest to become baseball’s all-time hit-by-pitch king? I can’t, so I’ve added a subscription to the oddly compelling Plunk Biggio to my Bloglines subs. Thanks … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The Star-Telegram on blogs

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

In the Pink points to this article on Capitol-focused blogs. It’s a good piece – in fact, I’d say it’s the piece I thought Gardner Selby was going to write when he contacted me last month on the same topic. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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From the It Takes A Thief Department

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Who better to comment on campaign finance reform than a true insider? A Republican political consultant under indictment on charges of taking illegal corporate contributions in the 2002 House races is urging lawmakers to defeat a bill to tighten the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A bit of DeLay fatigue

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

I haven’t had much to say lately about everyone’s favorite corrupt House Majority Leader. Not because there hasn’t been anything to say or because I’ve lost interest in watching his inexorable descent, not at all. It’s just that there’s so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Catching up on the Enron broadband trial

Posted on April 27, 2005 by Charles Kuffner

Former Enron Broadband Services CEO Ken Rice, who has already pled guilty to a charge of fraud for his role in the EBS flimflammery, has been testifying busily for the past couple of days in the trial of five other … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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