The Senate Finance Committee has begun reviewing the proposal filed by Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. As a relatively junior member, and a member of the minority, Texan John Cornyn is having to wait his turn, which he'll use to argue...
Republicans are dusting off Specter's statements, recent and ancient, that sounds even a bit like once a Republican, always a Republican. Anything to highlight the level of betrayal -- notwitstanding the fact that Specter hasn't been the most dependable soldier....
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter has decided to become a Democrat. On paper, that gives the Democrats the 60th vote they need to give them a filibuster-proof majority -- assuming Al Franken, the leading vote-getter in Minnesota, eventually gets seated. For...
With federal prosecutors accusing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff of trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, Texas Sen. John Cornyn is demanding full disclosure from Democrats and union leaders -- insinuating that the corruption...
Texas Sen. John Cornyn's job just got a little tougher. Tuesday morning, his Senate Republican colleagues elected him to chair their campaign arm, the National Republican Senatorial Committee. His assignment: win back a bunch of Senate seats in two years,...
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