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Calif. governor says Texas, W.Va. AGs grandstanding on climate issue
SACRAMENTO – California Gov. Jerry Brown says the attorneys general of West Virginia and Texas are guilty of “crass obstructionism” as they seek to gain momentum against President Obama’s environmental agenda. Last week, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas AG Ken Paxton sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in advance of the United Nations climate summit also known as Paris 2015 and COP21. -
A letter to Secretary Kerry
Sending a letter to a public official is a good way to let him know how you feel. -
Texas, W.Va. attorneys general underscore legal limits of Obama administration on climate accord
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey have called on U.S. -
Cornyn, Cruz co-sponsor bill to roll back EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON – West Virginia’s U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito has introduced legislation aimed at rolling back President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan. -
Stop Loretta Lynch
By SEN. TED CRUZ -
Texas U.S. Senators honor ‘Chris Kyle Day’ via social media
Social media accounts belonging to the two politicians representing Texas in the U.S. Senate were active Monday with tweets and posts honoring Chris Kyle, the retired Navy SEAL featured in the mega hit movie “American Sniper.” -
Yemen’s collapse shows Obama’s foreign policy failures
By Sen. Ted Cruz -
Cruz: Help the Cuban opposition, not the Castros
This op-ed first appeared on Time.com on Dec. 18, 2014 -
Texans get Senate confirmations to federal courts, agency
The U.S. Senate has confirmed two Texas judges for federal courts in the Lone Star State and another Texan to lead the nation’s immigration service. -
Cantor loss doesn’t mean party divided, says RNC chairman
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Congressman Eric Cantor’s primary loss to a little-known tea party challenger doesn’t mean the Republican party is necessarily divided, according to the Republican National Committee chairman. -
Hillary Clinton leading field of potential 2016 presidential candidates, poll says
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A new poll indicates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the front-runner for the 2016 presidential race. -
Paxton names first member of attorney general team
The next attorney general of Texas recently announced the first member of his team. -
Cruz: Regulating the Internet threatens entrepreneurial freedom
By Sen. Ted Cruz -
Warner says Senate should’ve taken up, passed House bill on patent reform
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The Senate was wrong for not passing the House’s patent reform bill, one U.S. Senate Democrat said. -
Cruz: Students must always aim high
By Sen. Ted Cruz -
Our View: When asbestos attorneys pay the pipers, what tune do they play?
You can tell a man by the company he keeps. -
Major asbestos firms giving hundreds of thousands to Democratic Congressional candidates
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Numerous Congressional candidates are seeing their campaign coffers swell thanks to donations supplied by major asbestos law firms and their attorneys. -
Our View: Why Harry Reid is so fond of trolls
A Danish woodcutter named Thomas Dam carved the first troll doll as a birthday present for his daughter in 1959. When other kids in the village clamored for trolls of their own, Dam began mass-producing them out of molded plastic.
