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Lone Star Project
stated on July 14, 2013 in a blog post.:

Says Greg Abbott "converted over $1 million in federal grant money intended for use to prosecute online sexual predators and other cyber crimes and instead used it to harass and prosecute senior citizens who were assisting other senior citizens in applying for mail-in ballots."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2013
Lone Star Project
stated on August 23, 2012 in a political action committee report:

Says that like Todd Akin, all Texas Republicans in U.S. House cosponsored a bill "that attempts to distinguish between ‘forcible rape’ and other sexual assaults."

By Sue Owen • September 6, 2012
Lone Star Project
stated on April 29, 2010 in an e-mail blast.:

Says state's expected "increase in federal political clout is almost entirely due to the growth of the African American and Hispanic populations in Texas in virtually every region of the state.”

By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2010
Lone Star Project
stated on April 8, 2010 in a press release :

"(Pete) Sessions has held at least two fundraisers at adult-themed clubs and made no apologies."

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 13, 2010