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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Oklahoma congressman proposes $20 billion spending cut over 10 years in nation's food stamps program

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  Area Congressman Mac Thornberry says furloughs look less likely at Pantex now.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  A Texas congressman is calling for hearings in response to a newspaper report that an alarming number of Texas veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have died of prescription drug overdoses.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  Deadline adds pressure on Missouri congressman to abandon Senate race after rape comment furor

Monday, August 20, 2012  Updated with video: US Senate candidate, Missouri congressman Todd Akin stirs outcry with comments on rape, pregnancy

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  Congressman Mac Thornberry responds to possible tax increases that could affect Amarillo and Panhandle businesses. Pronews 7 reports.

Monday, July 16, 2012  Sportsmen in New Mexico and elsewhere are throwing their support behind federal legislation that aims to improve access for hunters and anglers to millions of acres of public land.

Saturday, May 19, 2012  Local Congressman Mac Thornberry the Vice Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement praising House passage of the FY13 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4310).

Friday, April 27, 2012  The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which is made up of four different bills, sailed through the republican-controlled house Thursday night.

Tuesday, April 10, 2012  Wisconsin's Rep. Ryan says he hasn't discussed joining Romney on GOP presidential ticket

Friday, March 23, 2012  When student loan debt exceeded the total outstanding credit card debt in the U.S. for the first time in 2010, some decided something needed to be done.That's why U.S. House Representative Hansen Clarke of Michigan decided to propose the Student Loan Forgiveness Act.

Thursday, February 09, 2012  Canyon High School's FFA Association is earning top honors.

Monday, February 06, 2012  A congressman's lawyer says the Texas attorney general has agreed to a temporary voting map that could keep the April 3 date for primary elections in Texas.

Thursday, January 12, 2012  After President Obama released a new strategy last week in a proposal to cut the nation's defense budget by almost 500 billion dollars, there have been a lot of questions about how that strategy is going to be implemented.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  A few weeks ago, President Obama signed into law a spending bill that lifted a five-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections.