Sheila Jackson Lee

Want an inauguration ticket? Get in line

An informal survey of red-state Congressional offices showed a ticket crunch even in places you might least suspect. In his column last Sunday for the San Francisco Chronicle, former Mayor Willie Brown had a piece of advice for...

Officers interview NFL player's dad over alleged beating

Investigators question dad of NFL player over alleged beating Internal Affairs investigators on Thursday spent several hours at a Houston hospital interviewing the father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver, trying...

Perry: Feds are slighting Texas in Ike aid

Budget surplus means we get less reimbursement for storm damage than Louisiana David J. Phillip Associated Press After seeing the state hit by three hurricanes, Gov. Rick Perry in a Thursday news conference in Houston promised...

Black members of Congress say Obama will have to pace himself (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Rep. John Lewis jokingly says he'll try to resist calling Barack Obama "Brother President" after he's sworn in as the nation's first African-American president on January 20.

Drug Wars in Mexico Rage On

Americans use drugs, some of them illegal. Americans use guns, and sometimes they even ship arms to foreign countries. Those are unfortunate realities. Another reality is that the Mexican government, despite all of the promised...

None of $400 million drug-war aid has reached Mexico yet

Not a dime of the Merida Initiative's $400 million in promised emergency security assistance has reached Mexico nearly five months after President Bush signed landmark legislation to help the beleaguered neighbor combat drug...

Texas House Panel Studies Response to Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike left thousands homeless, millions without power and destroyed houses and businesses along the Texas Gulf Coast. A slate of elected officials, public utility executives, educators and community advocates testified...

Inauguration Day tickets are free — but they're going fast

AN INAUGURAL HOW-TO Looking for one of the 240,000 tickets to President-elect Obama's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009? Here are some details: • Tickets to the inauguration ceremony are free and distributed through the newly...

Texas House panel studies response to hurricane

Hurricane Ike left thousands homeless, millions without power and destroyed houses and businesses along the Texas Gulf Coast. But it also gave state and local governments a chance to learn from their mistakes during a natural...

‘Murphy’s Law” by Jim Murphy

I just heard over the radio that in honor of Barack Hussein Obama being elected to the Presidency, the Dow Jones average has plunged about 500 points today. Sure looks like ol' Barry has made a difference all right.

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