House Republicans Urge Democrats To Return To Vote On Energy Act
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-TX, speaks as he holds gas receipts from his constituents during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on August 7, 2008. The House Republicans are calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, to reconvene the chamber and vote on the American Energy Act, a Republican bill designed to address America's dependence on foreign oil. (UPI Photo/Patrick D. McDermott)
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- President Obama plans to lower the number of U.S. National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexico border, shifting to air surveillance, the Houston Chronicle reported.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Mexican military helicopters have been flying over Texas, a staging ground for missions into Mexico to fight drug traffickers, a Mexican official said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, leads Roll Call's annual survey of the richest members of Congress, with at least $294 million, bumping Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers debated Thursday whether military involvement is necessary in fighting the Mexican drug war against cartels and for expanding border security.
DALLAS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Key members of Congress have learned there is no connection among the terror plots disrupted in Texas, New York and Illinois recently, a lawmaker says.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 8 (UPI) -- A Texas congressman says Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has promised to obtain the release of two U.S. teenagers being held in a madrassa.
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A Peruvian woman's MySpace page includes her baby's sonogram but fails to mention she is a fugitive who allegedly was at the wheel in a fatal Texas crash.
WASHINGTON, June 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. congressional study has found as much as $1.4 billion in disaster aid after two Gulf hurricanes last year was given to fraudulent recipients.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- The House Committee on Homeland Security has asked for more information on apparent Mexican military incursions across the border into Texas.
HOUSTON, April 14 (UPI) -- Austin attorney Michael McCaul defeated Houston mortgage banker Ben Streusand for the Republican nomination in a Texas congressional race.
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