Cruz faces critique as bold Texas senator stirs party
The Texas freshman senatorTed Cruz draws mixed reaction for aggressive tactics on Hagel and debt votes. Critics say his confrontational approach risks undermining civility while supporters tout his conservative stance. He headlines Conservative Political Action Conference in March, amid praise from some peers but concern within his party.
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Ed Cruz
U.S
Texas
Washington Times
New York Times
Senate
Cruz
Chuck Hagel
GOP
Hagel
Saudi Arabia
North Korea
Arizona
John McCain
David Dewhurst
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Sarah Palin
Allen West
Florida
Glenn Beck
SAN Antonio Express-News
Lawmakers and state officials contact details list
A compiled roster of federal and state lawmakers with office addresses in Texas. Includes U S Representatives Conaway Neugebauer Gallego and Cornyn Cruz, Tryon Lewis and Tom Craddick with their district and Austin offices, phones, faxes, and emails for official inquiries.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Republican
Midland
Rayburn House
Washington
D.C
Odessa
Eighth St
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Longworth House
Randy
Pete Gallego
Cannon House
Gallego
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Cornyn
Senate
Ted Cruz
Dirksen Senate
Cruz
Senate.gov
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th St
Austin
Capitol Extension
P.O
Tryon.lewis
State
Tom Craddick
West Texas
Capitol
Peace and freedom quote from 1988 Pulitzer winner
The piece notes Patrick Canty as winner and Laura Dennis as publisher with a moral pledge: Let peace begin with me. It asserts readers deserve information to promote and preserve freedom and urges self-control aligned with moral guides and the Declaration of Independence.
When the game changes the old fixes fail
A long analysis compares football coaching shifts to Republican political strategy. It argues that durable wins relied on fears of communism and crime, now obsolete, as the GOP struggles after two consecutive losses. The piece likens this to a great football coach losing power when new game dynamics emerge.
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Republican Party
GOP
Kodak
Soviet Union
Vladimir Putin
China
al-Qaida
Afghanistan
Iraq
Odessan Thumbs Up Nominating Opinion Submission
Odessa American invites readers to email galetters 0a0a com and indicate a thumbs nomination as part of a reader opinion activity. The piece signals a civic engagement effort and outlines how to submit feedback to the newspaper.
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Odessa
Galetters
Insolvency and sequester Part 1 guest view
The piece analyzes the Federal Reserve's capital adequacy against its 3.1 trillion balance sheet and 54.9 billion capital, warning that continued asset purchases could force resilience on the Fed's earnings and raise insolvency risk. It cites a Chicago Booth study on exit scenarios amid rising rates and debt concerns.
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Federal Reserve
U.S
University of Chicago
Booth School of Business
Fed
U.S. Monetary Policy Forum
David Greenlaw
James Hamilton
Peter Hooper
Frederic Mishkin
Treasury
Congressional Budget Office
CBO
U.S. Treasury
UK Telegraph
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Capitol Hill
United States
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AIM
Patrick Canty
Laura Dennis
the Republican
Chapman
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Leonid Brezhnev
Reagan
Carter
Nixon
Law and Order
Michael Dukakis
Illinois
Republican State Central Committee
Massachusetts
George H. Bush
Lee
NCAA
PBRC
Bill Wilson
Americans For Limited Government
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