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Jon Kyl to Retire From Senate, Is Open to Being Vice Presidential Candidate
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailySenate Minority Whip Jon Kyl announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection to the Senate for a fourth term in 2012. At a press conference in Phoenix, the stalwart Republican offered no explanation for the decision "other than the fact than I think it's time." He did, however, add: "I wouldn't close my mind to being a vice presidential candidate. Having said that, I expect the chances of that are zero." Politico's Mike Allen was among the first to post the news, saying on Twitter Thursday morning that the three-term Republican "will announce his plans to retire at a press conference in ...
Conservatives Ted Cruz, Michael Williams to Battle for Hutchison's Senate Seat
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyThe race to replace retiring Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is already shaping up in Texas. On a call with conservative bloggers Wednesday morning, former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz announced he would seek the GOP nomination for the seat. Cruz told the bloggers he was letting them hear his plans first because they will be at the "frontier" of this race. Though already shaping up to be a crowded primary field, Cruz is considered a top-tier candidate for the GOP nomination to be decided in March of 2012. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who is largely seen as a moderate who can self-fund his ...
Kay Bailey Hutchison Retiring: 4 Leading Candidates to Replace Her
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsIt's been several hours since Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced her retirement in 2012 -- ample time for people to begin speculating about replacements for the senior senator from Texas. Three Republicans are considered undeclared front-runners for Hutchison's seat, and one has already announced her intention to run: 1. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst As lieutenant governor of Texas since 2003, Dewhurst has become one of the most popular elected officials in the Lone Star State. He's also one of the state's richest politicians: Although he refuses to reveal details about his wealth, he's said to ...
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas Won't Seek Third Term in 2012
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyRepublican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has served three terms in the Senate, is hanging up her political hat next year and returning to Texas. "I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for re-election in 2012," she wrote in a letter to supporters that was posted on Facebook. "That should give the people of Texas ample time to consider who my successor will be." She added: "When my current term is up, I will have served Texas for 19 years in the United States Senate. I intended to leave this office long before now, but I was persuaded to continue in order to avoid ...
Kay Bailey Hutchison Won't Seek Re-Election: Her Career Highlights
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsSen. Kay Bailey Hutchison announced in a letter today that she won't seek to defend her Senate seat next year. "I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for re-election in 2012," she wrote, according to the Houston Chronicle. "That should give the people of Texas ample time to consider who my successor will be." Hutchison is currently in her third Senate term as a Republican from Texas. She says that she plans to spend more time with her family once her term expires. Hutchison has had a lengthy career in Texas politics, often making appearances on the national political ...
FCC Net Neutrality Ruling: What Does It Mean for You?
By Nathaniel Jones - AOL NewsAre some versions of the Internet more equal than others? The Federal Communications Commission passed its first-ever regulation of the Internet today, in a net neutrality compromise that saw its 3-2 vote split sharply along party lines. The full text of the new regulations will not be published until later this week, but the broad strokes of the deal are now known. There will be two sets of regulations governing the way an Internet service provider is allowed to control your access, depending on whether you are accessing the Net wirelessly or via a landline. Broadband service providers ...
GOP Senators Targeted in Six-Figure DREAM Act Ad Buy
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyA coalition of labor and advocacy groups has launched a "six-figure" ad campaign aimed at Republican senators whose votes are needed to pass the DREAM Act before the current session of Congress runs out. The AFL-CIO said Tuesday that the ads will run in print publications and on radio all this week in Maine, Boston, Miami, Houston and Las Vegas. The GOP lawmakers being targeted are: Florida Sen. George LeMieux; Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe; Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown; Nevada Sen. John Ensign; and Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison. Most of them voted for the ...
Right for America or Wrong for Illegals? DREAM Act Takes Center Stage
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThe most ardent proponents of the DREAM Act know their chances of victory in the next few weeks are slim, but they also know that failure is pretty much inevitable if they wait until next year. Thus we are in the midst of a full-court press on yet another cause that once had substantial bipartisan support, but may not any longer. DREAM, expected to come up for a vote in the year-end lame-duck session of Congress, is catchy shorthand for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors. Translation: The act would offer a path to citizenship – and economic prosperity -- for undocumented ...
Kay Bailey Hutchison Staying in the Senate -- for Now
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) announced Wednesday that she will complete the remainder of her Senate term, which does not expire until 2013. Hutchison, 66, said she will stay in the Senate because of her "intense concern" over the direction of the federal government, but noted the choice was not an easy one. "On a personal level, this has been a most difficult decision, but after much deliberation, I have decided to complete my term," she said in her statement. Hutchison has two children, Houston and Bailey, who attend school in Dallas. Her husband lives in Dallas and works as an ...
After Texas Loss, Hutchison Is Down -- but Maybe Not Out in Senate
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyRepublican colleagues in Washington apparently want Kay Bailey Hutchison to swallow her pride after losing the Texas governor's race and remain in the United States Senate, reversing her earlier plan to resign, win or lose in the Lone Star State. "I want her to serve out her term," Politico quoted Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) as saying. "She's a good person and a good senator." Hutchison was clobbered Tuesday night in the GOP primary by incumbent Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who ran an anti-Washington campaign depicting her as a creature of the capital's insular culture. In conceding defeat, she made ...
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