Texans in Congress Share Gun Knowhow Across Parties
A Fort Worth Star-Telegram survey finds at least 21 of 30 Texas House members and both U.S. senators own firearms. Personal history with pistols and rifles, linked to Texas culture, spans Democrats and Republicans amid pending gun control debates and a June House vote on background checks and safety locks.
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Senate
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D-Rockwall
Alamo
Jim Turner
Crockett
East Texas
Longtime Texas lawmakers shaped 1999 session agenda
In the 1999 Texas Legislature key figures influenced major bills across both chambers. Florence Shapiro led tighter gun and sex offender rules while steering parental consent debates on abortions. Steve Walens shaped electricity deregulation and abortion talks, and Rodney Ellis pushed college access and national attention on hate crimes. Patricia Gray championed the CHIP health insurance program for children.
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Shapiro
Senate State Affairs Committee
Steve Walens
House
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Sen
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Senate
Houston
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Ellis
Clinton
Patricia Gray
House Public Health Committee
United States
Gray
Galveston
Girlfriend says Rizzo threatened to chop her up
In San Antonio AP report Leon ard Rizzo threatened to kill and chop up his girlfriend during a Friday night argument. Police say a four hour standoff ended when a SWAT member shot Rizzo in the stomach as he fired into the air and aimed at an officer. Rizzo is in stable condition. he faces aggravated assault on a police officer and drug possession charges.
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San Antonio
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Bush School of Government to become independent unit
The George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M may leave the liberal arts college to become a separate administrative unit. Regents and officials anticipate Sept. 1 funding and view the move as aligning the school with UT Austin and Harvard public service programs. Some faculty worry the shift could turn the program into a retirement home for politicians.
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