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Denton Record-Chronicle
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Texas trading House seniority for newcomers
force federal immigration policy.
They also nearly passed a “bath-
room bill” targeting transgender
people, despite a similar mea-
sure sparking political upheaval
in North Carolina.
Moderate Republican Texas
House Republican Speaker Joe
Straus himself also isn’t seeking
re-election, which means the
Legislature may move farther to
the right in a way mirroring the
congressional delegation’s com-
ing shift.
“The candidates likely to run
and to win in this political envi-
ronment are likely to be very
conservative, to be more inter-
ested in fighting for specific pol-
icy items than looking to get se-
niority and go with the majority
of the party or with the speaker,”
said Brendan Steinhauser, a for-
mer national conservative grass-
roots organizer who later ran
U.S. Senate Majority Whip John
They join two Democratic
House members from Texas,
Beto O’Rourke of El Paso, who is
giving up his seat to challenge
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz; and
Houston’s Gene Green, who an-
nounced Monday he wouldn’t
seek re-election to a seat he first
won in 1992.
The four Republicans hail
from solidly GOP districts, so
the party’s 25-11 state congres-
sional delegation advantage
won’t change without an upset.
None was thought to be fac-
ing serious challengers in the
state’s March Republican pri-
maries. Nor were their exits
speeded by major policy or ide-
ology clashes with the Trump
administration — unlike some
other members bowing out of
Congress.
They could be replaced,
though, by current and former
Republicans from the Texas
Comyn’s 2014 re-election cam-
paign. “It will absolutely become
a race to the right.”
Both Hensarling and Smith
were being term-limited out of
their chairmanships but were
well positioned to continue ex-
erting veteran House influence
had they stayed. Johnson’s and
Poe’s long congressional tenure
would have been an advantage.
The Republicans favored to re-
place them won’t have the same
clout, but that could free them
up to embrace coalitions like the
House Freedom Caucus —
hardline conservatives who have
bucked the GOP majority on
some issues.
“You bet we’re going to see
some conservatives up here,”
said Rep. Randy Weber, a for-
mer member of the Texas House
who was elected to Congress in
2012 and is a Freedom Caucus
member.
By Will Weissert
Associated Press
AUSTIN -
Four veteran
Texas Republicans are quitting
Congress, meaning the country’s
largest red state will be trading
House seniority for newcomers
who could prove even more con-
servative and willing to buck
their party’s leadership on Capi-
tol Hill.
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Sam Johnson, an 87-year-old
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of the powerful House Ways and
Means Committee, announced
in January he was retiring next
year.
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Charles Dharapak/AP file
House Science Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, R-
Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 7. He is
one of four veteran Texas Republicans who are quitting Con-
gress.
Now, fellow Texans Jeb Hen-
sarling, 60, who chairs the influ-
ential House Financial Services
Committee; Lamar Smith, 69,
who heads the House Science,
Space and Technology Commit-
tee; and long-serving 69-year-
old Ted Poe all aren’t seeking re-
election.
Legislature. In recent years state U.S. Supreme Court, America’s
lawmakers have approved abor- strictest voter ID law and a
tion restrictions tough enough “sanctuary cities” ban that calls
to be largely struck down by the for jailing sheriffs who don’t en-
Trump holding up
on long Asia trip
Gossip columnist Liz Smith dies
is pretty insignificant.
“Still, I’m having a lot of
By Christina Paciolla
Associated Press
Liz Smith, the syndicated
gossip columnist whose mix-
ture of banter, barbs and bon
mots about the glitterati
helped her climb the A-list as
high as many of the celebrities
she covered, died Sunday at the
age of 94.
Joni Evans, Smith’s literary
agent, told The Associated
Press she died of natural
causes.
For more than a quarter-
century, Smith’s column — ti-
ded simply “Liz Smith” — was
one of the most widely read in
the world.
The column’s success was
due in part to Smith’s own ce-
lebrity status, giving her an in-
sider’s access rather than rely-
ing largely on tipsters, press re-
leases and publicists.
With a big smile and her
sweet southern manner, the
Texas native endeared herself
to many celebrities and scored
major tabloid scoops: Donald
and Ivana Trump’s divorce,
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concerns Trump would grow
grouchy and distracted.
But aside from reviving ques-
tions about Russian election
meddling in the 2016 election
and weekend tweets taunting
North Korean’s Kim Jong Un
with schoolyard jabs, Trump has
largely stayed on message and
been unusually engaged, ac-
cording to his traveling compan-
ions.
By Jonathan Lemire
and Jill Colvin
Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines
Seven tv-one-war-old President
Donald Trump is holding up just
fine as he nears the end of his
grueling five-nation trip to Asia.
And he wants you to know it.
‘A lot of people said it’s al-
most physically impossible for
someone to go through 12 days,”
Trump told reporters aboard Air
Force One during the sixth of his
eight flights to, from and around
Asia. He was happy to report
he’s beaten the odds: ‘Anybody
that took the bet, pick up your
money, OK?”
Trump’s trip, the longest Far
East itinerary for a president in a
generation, was seen as test of
stamina for a president with a
strong aversion to long stretches
away from his own bed.
His age, combined with the
demanding itinerary
countries, three summits and a
long string of ceremonies, din-
ners and meetings— had raised
“I was fortunate enough to
work with the amazing Liz
Smith,” A1 Roker tweeted. He
said that during his time at
WNBC, she was nothing short
of “fabulous.”
“Liz Smith was the defini-
tion of a lady,” actor James
Woods tweeted. “She dished,
but always found a way to
make it entertaining and fun.”
After graduating with a de-
gree in journalism from the
University of Texas, Smith re-
called buying a one-way ticket
to New York in 1949 with a
dream of being the next Walter
Winchell.
But unlike Winchell and his
imitators, Smith succeeded
with kindness and an aversion
to cheap shots.
Whether reporting on en-
tertainers, politicians or power
brokers, the “Dame of Dish”
never bothered with unfound-
ed rumors, sexual preferences
or who’s-sleeping-with-whom.
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The dangers of getting out of
sync are legend: President
George H.W. Bush vomited and
fainted at a state dinner in Tokyo
in January 1992.
Learning from past mistakes,
the White House took steps to
keep Trump relaxed and com-
fortable. He was gently encour-
aged to nap, though aides said it
was unclear how much he’d ac-
tually slept.
Staffers made sure he was
able to watch American cable
news on the road and that he
could tweet even in China,
where Twitter is banned for lo-
cals.
Stephen Chernin/AP file photo
Liz Smith leaves the Celebration of Life Memorial ceremo-
ny for Walter Cronkite at Avery Fisher Hall in New York in
2009. Smith, a gossip columnist, has died.
Woody Allen and Mia Far-
row’s impending parenthood.
One item proved embarrass-
ingly premature: In 2012, she
released a column online
mourning the death of her
friend Nora Ephron.
But Ephron, who was in-
deed gravely ill, did not die un-
til a few hours later and an im-
pending tragedy that Ephron
had tried to keep secret be-
came known to the world.
Smith held a lighthearted
opinion of her own legacy.
“We mustn’t take ourselves
too seriously in this world of
gossip,” she told The Associat-
ed Press in 1987. “When you
look at it realistically, what I do
five
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Canberra, Australia
Novice surfer punches
shark to escape
A novice surfer mastered a
pro’s move on the first try: He
punched a shark on the nose to
escape its jaws.
The attack Monday after-
noon off the Australian coast left
Charlie Fry with superficial
puncture wounds on his right
shoulder and upper arm.
A British doctor who arrived
in Australia two months ago to
work, Fry said Tuesday he had
recently watched a YouTube vid-
eo in which Australian profes-
sional surfer Mick Fanning de-
scribed his famous escape from
a great white shark during a
surfing competition in 2015.
“So when it happened, I was
like: ‘Just do what Mick did. Just
punch it in the nose,”’ Fry told
Nine Network television. “So
Mick, if you’re watching or lis-
tening, I owe you a beer. Thank
you very much.”
cally through wrecked buildings
for survivors as they wailed.
Firefighters from Tehran joined
other rescuers in the desperate
search, using dogs to inspect the
rubble.
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Frankfort, Ky.
Rand Paul to return to
Washington after assault
Republican U.S. Sen. Rand
Paul said Monday he is return-
ing to Washington following an
attack in his yard that left him
with six broken ribs.
‘While I’m still in a good deal
of pain, I will be returning to
work in the Senate today, ready
to fight for liberty and help move
forward with tax cuts in the
coming days and weeks,” Paul
posted on his Twitter account.
Paul was attacked Nov. 3
while mowing his lawn, author-
ities said.
Robert Porter, Paul’s close
friend of 20 years, said the sena-
tor had gotten off his riding lawn
mower to remove a limb when
he was tackled from behind.
Porter said Paul was wearing ear
protection, so he did not hear
the attack coming.
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Tehran, Iran
Death toll rises in Iranian
border region quake
Rescuers dug with their bare
hands Monday through the de-
bris of buildings felled by an
earthquake that killed more
than 430 people in the border
region of Iran and Iraq, with
nearly all the casualties occur-
ring in an area rebuilt after their
ruinous 1980s war.
The magnitude-7.3 earth-
quake struck Sunday at 9:48
p.m. Iran time, just as people
were going to bed. The worst
damage appeared to be in the
Kurdish town of Sarpol-e-Za-
hab in the western Iranian prov-
ince of Kermanshah, which sits
in the Zagros Mountains that di-
vide the two countries.
Residents fled without time
to grab their possessions as
apartment complexes collapsed
into rubble. Outside walls of
some buildings were sheared off,
power and water lines were sev-
ered, and telephone service was
disrupted. Residents dug ffanti-
Washington
Trump Jr. messaged
with WikiLeaks
President Donald Trump’s
oldest son on Monday released a
series of private Twitter ex-
changes between himself and
WikiLeaks during and after the
2016 election, including pleas
from the website to publicize its
leaks.
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All elementary school children are invited to submit a Christmas Holiday Theme
drawing and the opportunity to be included in the DRCs "Christmas in Denton
County" special section to be published on Wednesday, November 29th.
One lucky winner will be selected to help Santa turn on the lights at the 29th annual
Denton Holiday Lighting Festival on Friday, December 1 st.
Deadline is 12 p.m., Friday, November 17th.
Donald Trump Jr.’s release of
the messages on Twitter came
hours after The Atlantic first re-
ported them. In the exchanges
— some of them around the
time that the website was re-
leasing the stolen emails from
Democrat Hillary Clinton’s
campaign chairman — Wiki-
Leaks praises his father’s posi-
tive comments about WikiLeaks
and asks Trump Jr. to release his
father’s tax returns to the site.
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