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Politicians can look beyond the next election.
MySA.com: Metro | State
AUSTIN — A bill designed to avoid bitter partisan battles over congressional redistricting, such as Texas witnessed in 2003, was given tentative approval, 21-9, by the Senate on Monday.
One more vote will send the measure to the House, where similar legislation died two years ago.
Senate Bill [...]

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Dem upsets veteran Republican in Texas runoff - CNN.com
The Supreme Court ruled in June that a 2003 reconfiguration of
Bonilla’s district was unconstitutional because it diluted minority
votes, and a three-judge panel redrew the district in August to restore
Hispanics that had been shunted into another district.
Bonilla blamed his loss on the Supreme Court ruling, telling supporters, “We [...]

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Until Bonilla became desperate last monday I wasn’t thinking there was a snowballs chance in hell that Ciro would pull this out. I was hoping he would but I have gotten very used to being disappointed in Texas politics. I try to understand why people in San Antonio and Texas, good hard-working people who are [...]

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I really wish the San Antonio Express-News would spell out their criteria for endorsing a candidate.
MySA.com: Editorials
Bonilla, a seven-term congressman, is rightly criticized for putting the interests of his party over the needs of his constituents. That was well-evidenced when he sought to allow GOP House members, such as former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, to [...]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
Bonilla, R-San Antonio, reported $955,000 in cash-on-hand for the Dec. 12 election, compared to $91,000 for Rodriguez, according to reports covering the one-month period that ended Nov. 22.Bonilla spokesman Phil Ricks said the cash advantage is “a result of the overwhelming support the congressman has throughout his district.
Amazing how many must have [...]

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MySA.com: Bonilla has benefited greatly from his loyalty to Tom DeLay
Bonilla also became a trusted and loyal soldier for DeLay, and in 1999 was made head of American Dream PAC, whose mission, he said, was “to give significant, direct financial assistance to first-rate minority GOP candidates.”
Yes, that is the American Dream PAC that Techdigger wrote [...]

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MySA.com: Politics
District 23 runoff set for Dec. 12
Two weeks after voters sent U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla and former Congressman Ciro Rodriguez into a runoff, it finally got put on the calendar. Voters go to the polls Dec. 12.Early voting starts Dec. 4.
Took them long enough to decide on a date. Rick Perry even waited until [...]

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In no particular order of importance.
Just a bit of an update:Star-Telegram.com | 11/13/2006 | Bill filings pouring in for Legislature:
— The U.S.-born children of people who enter the United States illegally would not be able to attend Texas public schools or receive any government-backed social services under legislation introduced Monday and in line to be [...]

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DeLay legacy may have helped GOP empire fall | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
How the hammer fell on his own party
The iron hand of Tom DeLay built a GOP empire — and may have contributed its undoing
WASHINGTON - The legacy of the once powerful Republican Tom DeLay of Sugar Land cast a long shadow over last [...]

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If you think we should provide financial assistance to corporations that move overseas to avoid paying U.S. taxes, Bonilla is your guy. He voted against the Sanders amendment that would have denied assistance to such companies.

2004-Deny Export-Import Bank Subsidies to Corporate ExpatriatesRepresentative Bernard Sanders (D-VT) offered an amendment to H.R. 4818, the Foreign Operations Appropriations [...]

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