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Making an Impact

“The Lone Star Project … hammers Republicans whenever it gets a chance, promoting strong local Democratic candidates and even bringing lawsuits.”
(Roll Call, Stuart Rothenberg,
March 12, 2009)

“Anyone who questions whether [The Lone Star Project] can make life difficult for a Republican legislator should talk to former Sen. Kim Brimer.”
(Austin American Statesman, February 17, 2009)

“[The Lone Star Project] is responsible for the aggressive stance the party has taken toward DeLay and other Lone Star State Republicans since the 2004 election.”
(The Washington Post, March 6, 2006)

"David Dewhurst has said most Texans don't have much sympathy "for someone who that can't fill out a two page [health insurance] application every six months".

The Democrat-supported Lone Star Project in Washington reported this week that Dewhurst failed to file necessary forms at least six times in recent years.
(San Antonio Expres News,, 4/12/2007)

"The Justice staff memo was obtained by the Lone Star Project ...The story broke the same day the U.S. Supreme Court was considering legal challenges to the plan brought by Democrats and minority groups."
(Houston Chronicle, 12/3/2005)

Video of Another Bush-Cuellar Embrace Credit: CNN For two years in a row, Henry Cuellar has made a serious effort to hug the President and sit on the Republican side of the aisle at the State of the Union Speech. This video clip from 2005 is strikingly similar to the 2006 Cuellar-Bush embrace. See Clip HERE Why Democrats Don't Trust Henry Cuellar With Henry Cuellar, it is not about conservative or liberal. It is about betrayal and dishonesty. Cuellar's voting record and his efforts to eliminate Democratic colleagues from Congress reflect a politician who cares only for himself and not for those he represents or the ideals of the Democratic Party.   Read the Lone Star Project's most recent Press Release on Cuellar or Read the whole Cuellar File

Department of Justice Brief Signals a Rollback of the Voting Rights Act DOJ support for DeLay’s Texas Redistricting plan puts nearly half of nation’s African American districts in legal jeopardy In an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief to the Supreme Court filed on Wednesday, February 1,2006, the Bush Justice Department signaled that it will no longer aggressively defend congressional districts effectively controlled by minority voters, if the controlling minority group comprises less than 50 percent of the voting age population. Further, the brief actually encouraged other challenges to existing minority districts by suggesting that the Court should look for another future case to determine whether minority voters need to comprise a particular rigid percentage in a district in order to be protected under the Voting Rights Act.  Read More All briefs filed in the case can be viewed and/or downloaded at www.lonestarproject.net/tx.html).

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