Your Tuesday Cheat Sheet 2-18-14 BY JAMES WARREN Is Bill Murray coming to the White House? The president returns from a weekend of mostly golf in California (and spending time with King Abdullah II of Jordan) and hosts the cast of “The Monuments Men,” in theory including Murray, George Clooney and John Goodman. How great a job is President? You just don’t get a movie via Netflix and… Read more »

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Cuellar Wants Fed. To Stop Paying Millions to Dead People         Nation Congressman Henry Cuellar recently co-sponsored the Improper Payments Agency Cooperation Enhancement (IPACE) Act which aims to improve the accuracy of government death records as well as the access federal agencies have to the master death list, according to a recent press release. This… Read more »

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En sus marcas, listos... Aunque el discurso fue confrontacional, en cuanto al tema de la inmigración, su tono fue conciliatorio Con el mensaje del Estado de la Unión del presidente Obama y con el anuncio público por parte del liderato republicano de la Cámara de Representantes de los principios que guiarán sus propuestas legislativas sobre el tema de la inmigración, podemos decir que ya… Read more »

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The nearly $1 trillion farm bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after years of contentious political fights will bring about major changes for Texas farmers and ranchers, eliminating direct payments to producers in favor of programs that will only compensate farmers if they lose money. For close to 20 years, agricultural producers across the country… Read more »

There’s a plan in the works to set up a High Speed Rail service from San Antonio to Mexico City and both sides of the border are working toward that goal. Earlier this month the proposal saw the wheels start to move, much like they did in the days of the locomotive steam engine and the man at the controls on the U.S. side is Laredo Congressman Henry Cuellar. He said that in 2008 there… Read more »

  Historical marker dedicated Ribbon cutting at Jourdanton Municipal Complex Descendants of Jourdan Campbell, Roxanne and her son August Peters (from left) unveil the newest historical marker at the dedication ceremony held in conjunction with the grand opening of the new Jourdanton Municipal Complex. Jourdine Tymrak and Lillian Wiede, longtime residents of Jourdanton… Read more »

The nearly $1 trillion farm bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after years of contentious political fights will bring about major changes for Texas farmers and ranchers, eliminating direct payments to producers in favor of programs that will only compensate farmers if they lose money.  For close to 20 years, agricultural producers across the country have enjoyed direct… Read more »

Texas Democrats voice support for Keystone As President Obama considers his decision on the Keystone pipeline, voices from his own party — in Texas, at least — are saying, “build, baby, build!” Congressman Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, a longtime supporter of the pipeline, Tuesday cited the State Department’s environmental impact statement as one more reason for the project to go… Read more »