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NEWS ABOUT: Kay Bailey Hutchison

Kay Bailey Hutchison stories: 14 news summaries

 Hutchison Won't 
 Resign Senate Seat 

Will stay put to fight health care reform, cap and trade

Nov 14, 09 7:11 AM CST
(AP) - Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison, who is challenging Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his job, is planning to keep her US Senate seat until after the state's March gubernatorial primary. Hutchison, a Republican, plans to tell Republican women in a speech in Galveston today that she is stepping down in 2010... More »

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Texas • Senate • Rick Perry • governor • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Republicans

fort hood shooting

 Pregnant Soldier 
 Among Victims 

Bases observe minute of silence 24 hours after shooting

Nov 6, 09 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - One of the victims of the Fort Hood massacre was a pregnant 21-year-old set to start maternity leave in just 2 weeks. Francheska Velez of Chicago enlisted out of high school. "She loved the military, loved to serve," a friend told the Chicago Tribune . US military bases around... More »

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US Army • mass shootings • Kay Bailey Hutchison • victim • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

Obama Skirts Accountability With Policy Czars: Hutchison

Rules are being bent to expand executive power, senator writes

Sep 13, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is using its many policy “czars” to skirt the accountability and transparency established by the founding fathers, writes Kay Bailey Hutchison in the Washington Post. The administration has an “unprecedented” 32 czar positions, and “unfortunately,” the senator from Texas writes, “virtually... More »

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Senate • czar • Kay Bailey Hutchison • transparency • separation of powers • President Obama • founding fathers • Van Jones

Hutchison Kicks Off Bid
for Texas Governor

Texas senator says Rick Perry has had his chance

Aug 17, 09 5:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced her bid for Texas governor today and began a 5-day string of stumping appearances around the state, the Dallas Morning News reports. Talking at her old high school, Hutchison attacked fellow Republican Gov. Rick Perry for allowing property tax rates to rise and for failing... More »

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Republican • Texas • primary • GOP • Rick Perry • fiscal conservatives • economic stimulus package • Kay Bailey Hutchison • gubernatorial races

 Texas Gov Compares 
 Mexico to Gaza Strip 

Trip to Israel is this third

Aug 14, 09 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - On a trip to Israel this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry compared Mexico with the Gaza Strip and said his state could learn from his hosts when it comes to security. "Just like it's important to Israelis to keep heavy security on their border with Gaza, it's important to... More »

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Israel • Texas • Mexico • Rick Perry • border • Gaza Strip border • Kay Bailey Hutchison

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Graham: 
 Sotomayor 
 Thinks She's 
 Superior 

Senate Republicans air grievances against top court pick

May 31, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich have had their say, and today, the senators who will vote on Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation weighed in, Politico reports:
  • On Fox News Sunday, Lindsey Graham demanded Sotomayor apologize for her “wise Latina” comment, saying the judge thinks she’s superior to people
... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Charles Schumer • Rush Limbaugh • Mitch McConnell • Lindsey Graham • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry thinks this union of states we call America is a pretty good thing, but he warned that Washington better not take it for granted, the Dallas Morning News reports. "There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it," he told reporters after addressing the anti-tax, anti-big-government... More »

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Texas • taxes • Austin • protests • Rick Perry • governor • secession • Kay Bailey Hutchison

(Newser) - The fallout from Texas Gov. Rick Perry's rejection of $555 million in stimulus funds for unemployment benefits could threaten his re-election bid—but as other politicians cave to public pressure, Perry has yet to waver, NPR reports. "Everything's going to be viewed through that prism," says the editor... More »

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Texas • Rick Perry • unemployment benefits • governor • economic stimulus package • Kay Bailey Hutchison

GOP Stalwart Bond Will Leave Senate After 2010

Open Missouri seat sure to invite a contest

Jan 8, 09 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The GOP just can’t catch a break. Kit Bond, another senior Republican senator from a swing state, announced his retirement today, Politico reports. Bond joins Florida’s Mel Martinez, Kansas’ Sam Brownback, and, likely, Texas’ Kay Bailey Hutchison in a clutch of GOP Senate retirements. His decision not to... More »

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Sam Brownback • Senate • GOP • retirement • Republican Party • Missouri • Mel Martinez • Senate GOP • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Christopher Bond

OPINION

 Don't Pity 
 This Woman 

Palin deserves our scorn, and that's it

Sep 30, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The media seems to be lining up to feel sorry for poor Sarah Palin, forced to endure these deer-in-headlights interviews. “I guess I’m one cold dame,” Rebecca Traister writes in Salon, because “when you stage a train wreck of this magnitude…I don’t feel... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Katie Couric • feminism • Condoleezza Rice • Elizabeth Dole • Christine Todd Whitman • Election 2008 • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sarah Palin • interview • vice presidential candidate

OPINION

 Noonan: 'Over' Didn't Mean Mac 

But she does apologize for 'vulgar epithet'

Sep 4, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Columnist Peggy Noonan has been catching flak since being caught on tape saying "It's over" during a frank assessment of John McCain's veep choice. But the Wall Street Journal writer insists she wasn't pronouncing Mac's White House hopes dead —she was simply remarking that the days of the... More »

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John McCain • Republican Party • gaffe • Peggy Noonan • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sarah Palin • Republican National Convention

analysis

GOP Has Female VP Possibles, Too

Mulling Alaska Gov. Palin, ex-HP exec FIorina, Texas Sen. Hutchison

Jun 23, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a post-Hillary age, a female candidate comes as less of a surprise on the national stage. Here are three women who could stand for John McCain’s vice-presidential slot, per Politico:
  • Carly Fiorina: The former Hewlett-Packard exec is already a trusted adviser and constant McCain surrogate, but she’
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • foreign policy • social conservatives • Carly Fiorina • Election 2008 • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sarah Palin

Lame Duck Sings Swan Song for Press

See Bush croon
'Auld Lang Syne,'
kiss Helen Thomas

Mar 10, 08 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two years after Stephen Colbert stunned the Washington press corps by not just roasting but slamming the guest of honor at the Gridiron dinner, this year's dinner wasn't televised. But a bootleg of President Bush's swan song promptly appeared on YouTube. He performs “Auld Lang Syne” and joins hands... More »

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Stephen Colbert • Helen Thomas • serenades • Kay Bailey Hutchison • George W. Bush

Sen. Hutchison Eyes Run for Texas Governor

Won't seek re-election, may leave office
early for next campaign

Oct 17, 07 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will not seek re-election in 2012, and may end her term early to run for Texas governor, she told Texas Monthly. But Hutchison said it's "too early to be gearing up" for the 2010 gubernatorial election now because she doesn't "want to peak in... More »

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Texas • governor • Kay Bailey Hutchison

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