Texas Congressman Bares All, in 1974 Photo
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DALLAS - The gloves have come off in the tight election race between two Texas congressmen - and every other article of clothing appears to be fair game as well. Democrats on Monday circulated old newspaper clippings of a 1974 college streaking stunt staged by hundreds of students - including then-18-year-old Pete Sessions - at Southwest Texas State University...
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Just letting off steam  ...  it's incredulous that former House Speaker Thomas Finneran has a radio gig.  Found guilty of  obstruction of justice, probably guilty of making self-interested political deals, Finneran shouldn't even get a job cleaning bathrooms.
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Republican congressional leaders decided yesterday not to bring to the floor a bill giving the District a full voting member of the House, dooming the measure's chances in this legislative session.
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In a video posted on the Internet, Ben Barnes, a former Democratic speaker of the Texas House, said he is ashamed he helped President Bush and the sons of other wealthy families get into the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 so they could avoid serving in Vietnam.
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AUSTIN, Dec. 13 -- Former congressman Ciro Rodriguez's victory in a House runoff election Tuesday in Texas not only allowed Democrats to pick up their 30th seat of the 2006 elections but served as a final rebuke to one of the architects of the Republican House majority: Tom DeLay.
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House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, holds his grandson Brett Ferro, 2, as he laughs with supporters at a victory party in Houston, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004.
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Mitt Romney and John McCain may be fighting for the front-runner mantle in the Republican presidential race, but it's Texas Rep.
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House Republicans are changing party rules to protect their leader, native Texan, Tom DeLay. The GOP is trying to help DeLay keep his job, even if he`s indicted by a Texas grand jury.
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Democrats put an exclamation point on their political year, capturing a House seat in Texas as former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez ousted seven-term GOP incumbent Henry Bonilla in a runoff.
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The Texas House of Representatives approved a bill to allow local courthouse clerks to disclose &#8220;in the ordinary course of business&#8221; Social Security numbers contained in public records maintained by their offices.
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Every seat in the House of Representatives was up for grabs yesterday, but Republicans were expected to handily maintain their majority.
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Fines of up to &#36;500,000 per violation for indecent material aired on broadcast television and radio were unveiled by a top U.S. House of Representatives lawmaker on Tuesday, renewing a campaign to clean up broadcasting that failed last year.
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Texas Democrat Ciro D. Rodriguez, who defeated Republican Rep.
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Texas is G.O.P. territory, but the Clintons have always had the lion's share of its Democratic campaign contributions. Now Obama wants his cut
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The walls in Rep. Ken Lucas&#39;s office on Capitol Hill are bare, and the bookshelves are empty. Most of the congressman&#39;s personal belongings -- two mini-van loads full, in fact
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The freshman congressman's election night euphoria had barely subsided when a young San Antonio man approached him and drawled: "Congressman ... I'd like to work for you."
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Silvestre Reyes was unable to speak English until he was 6 years old. Now the Texas congressman must master the lingo of the nation's spy agencies and the politics of the war in Iraq.