Fact check: Kay Bailey Hutchison wrong about impact of Obama tax plan

Ever since Congress wrangled over the fate of Bush-era tax cuts last year, we’ve been attuned to the sermons about what will happen if they ever expire. In the doomsday scenario, often touted by Republicans, small business would get squeezed, jobs would be lost, and the economy would nose-dive.

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'It's time for a new person,' U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says

Kay Bailey Hutchison  said today that she will not seek another term in the U.S. Senate. "I have known since 2006 that I wouldn't seek another term," the senator said in a telephone interview. "I wanted to announce it on my own terms and in my own way
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Texas Sens. Hutchison, Cornyn oppose Dream Act

WASHINGTON – Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, the target of pressure from demonstrators at her district offices, says she will vote against legislation today that would create a path to citizenship for some children of illegal immigrants. The senator voted to advance the bill in the Senate in 2007 but considers the current version too broad.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison backs tea party's earmark moratorium

WASHINGTON – Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison – an ardent purveyor of earmarks throughout her congressional career – fell in line this morning behind a two-year moratorium demanded by tea party conservatives.
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Perry, Hutchison comment on Dolph Briscoe's death

Stutz:
Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison Monday offered praises for former Gov. Dolph Briscoe, who died Sunday at his home in Uvalde.
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Perry, Hutchison show unity ahead of Texas Republican convention

Rusak reports:
Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison made peace and a show of Republican unity Friday morning, sharing warm words for each other as the Texas GOP prepared to kick off its two-day convention in Dallas. 
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Cornyn, Hutchison lean vs. more state fiscal aid

Texas' two senators said today they oppose a Democratic proposal unveiled Tuesday, which would add fiscal relief for hard-pressed states to a jobs and tax bill, because it would increase the federal deficit. Garrett reports:
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Hutchison 'hasn't missed a beat' in D.C.

Tom Benning reports from our D.C. bureau:

WASHINGTON – Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison still lives out of a hotel here and calls herself a "commuter" from Dallas.

But she has otherwise cemented her return to the Senate since losing the Republican primary for governor to Rick Perry. After announcing in late March that she would stay in the Senate through the end of her term in early 2013, Hutchison has rejoined the Senate GOP leadership, hired a new chief of staff and generally taken on the more public persona that has marked her career.
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Texas senators stress need to stop Mexican violence from spreading to U.S.

Tom Benning reports:

WASHINGTON – Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison pressed for more federal action Wednesday in securing the Mexican border and preventing violence from spilling over into the United States.
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