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Mexican Drone Crash Lands in El Paso: 4 Possible Explanations

By Steven Hoffer

(Dec. 17) -- Someone needs to explain this. U.S. authorities are investigating an unmanned Mexican drone that crash landed in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday, the El Paso Times reported ...

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Top Democrat Says FISA Deal Near

By Mark Impomeni

The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), said on Sunday that a deal was in the works to pass a controversial extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or ...

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Veto Threat for Waterboarding Ban

By Mark Impomeni

The House of Representatives passed a bill barring the CIA from using waterboarding in its interrogations of terrorist detainees on a close vote yesterday. The measure passed 222-199, far short of the ...

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May 23, 2012

Pro-Legalization Congressional Candidate Primarying a Democrat in El Paso

Source: Hit & Run

In The Declaration of Independents (now pre-orderable in updated paperback form for just $10.19 !) and elsewhere , Nick Gillespie and I have long been arguing that the most opportune way for Democrats to emulate the tactical lessons of the Tea Party is to challenge their own party's drug warriors in primary elections.

May 22, 2012

Border Tunnel Prevention Act passes both chambers of Congress

Source: El Paso Inc. - El Paso TX

The Border Tunnel Prevention Act, a bill authored by U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso, passed both the U.S. House and Senate last week.

May 22, 2012

Early voting exit poll: Rep. Silvestre Reyes loses ground, students' poll gives O'Rourke slight edge

Source: El Paso Times - El Paso TX

U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes has ground to make up in the last week of the Democratic primary election, according to exit polling results from two days of early voting.

May 20, 2012

Gay marriage: Rep. Silvestre Reyes supports faith, banning discrimination; Beto O'Rourke supports equality

Source: El Paso Times - El Paso TX

Nationally, views on same-sex marriage appear to be "evolving" toward acceptance.

May 19, 2012

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