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Hutchison uncertain when she'll leave Senate
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Aug 18, 2009 06:58am |
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| Author | Gromer Jeffers Jr. |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | It could be deep into December, or perhaps shortly into October. Right now Kay Bailey Hutchison is not sure when she will leave the U.S. Senate and focus all of her attention on winning the Republican nomination for governor.
"I haven't set a timetable because there are certain things that I need to do," she told me Monday night. "The end of the fiscal year is Sept. 30 and I've got huge responsibilities for Texas that I have to fulfill by Oct. 1"
She said there are important appropriations needed for Texas, including the Trinity River Project in Dallas, Houston Metro and DART.
And she wants to participate in the health care debate in Congress.
"I'm going to set the stage for Texas for next year," she said. "It's very important that people understand that. I get all the political punditry that says if she goes back to Washington for two months then she could lose this whole thing. My first priority would be to do the right thing for Texas. If I walk away before Oct. 1, I would be walking away from my responsibility." |
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