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  NCEW | John Cornyn
John Cornyn (right) of Texas and Jon Kyl of Arizona would allow foreigners to work two years in the U.S. before having to return to their homelands for a year.
John Cornyn: According to a Pew Hispanic Center study, by a 4-to-1 margin, or 71% vs. 18%, survey respondents said they would participate in a program that would allow them to work in the US and cross the border legally on the condition that they eventually return to Mexico.
John Cornyn: We screen immigrants who are arrested before they are released to return on their own recognizance to make sure they do not appear on terrorist watch lists or criminal databases.
www.ncew.org /web/2005/10/john_cornyn.aspx   (1482 words)

  
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Cornyn is a prominent supporter of President Bush’s judicial nominees, he continues to work for Texas military personnel and veterans, and has been a leader on working to bring about common sense, balanced immigration reform.
John Cornyn was born in Houston on February 2, 1952, the son of John and Gale Cornyn, both native Texans.
Cornyn served for six years as a District Court Judge in San Antonio before being elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990, where he served for seven years.
www.vote-usa.org /Intro.aspx?Id=TXCornynJohn   (432 words)

  
 TPMmuckraker
John Cornyn (R-TX) led an effort to close two tribal casinos in Texas in 2000 while he was Attorney General there.
Cornyn's office filed the lawsuit, charging the tribe with violating the anti-gambling terms of a law giving them federal recognition, in September 1999, before Abramoff and Scanlon entered the Tigua fray.
Cornyn claims he was unaware of Reed's involvement in the efforts to shut down the casino and was never in contact with Abramoff or Scanlon.
tpmmuckraker.com /cornyn.php   (574 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: The Texas Senate Race -- John Cornyn Biography
Cornyn also accuses Kirk of not supporting the president's initiatives to expand the war on terror to countries the president said were part of an "axis of evil," such as Iraq.
Cornyn was born in 1952, the second of three children to John and Gale Cornyn, both native Texans.
Cornyn gained favorable public attention - including from Democrats -- for his work to enforce child-support laws, such as penalizing "deadbeat dads," and to strengthen child advocacy legislation and child abuse protection centers.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2002/races/tx_cornyn.html   (788 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on John Cornyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John Cornyn, Vice Chairman of the Republican Conference, joined US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday to introduce bipartisan legislation requiring that federal homeland security grants for state and local governments be...
Cornyn sits on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary as chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration^.
Cornyn (who made the remarks to the Heritage Foundation) said that the "box turtle" portion was only in his prepared remarks, not in the speech he actually gave.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/john_cornyn   (1464 words)

  
 Texas Monthly June 2000: The Case Against John Cornyn
It is, as its current occupant, John Cornyn, likes to say, the biggest law firm in the state, and much of its functioning is routine: approving bond issues, collecting delinquent child support payments, issuing advisory opinions, and defending state officials and agencies in run-of-the-mill lawsuits.
Indeed, Cornyn himself had no trouble discerning right from wrong when the person accepting the money in a similar situation was his GOP runoff opponent, Barry Williamson, whom Cornyn attacked as "ethically tone-deaf to genuine public concern about fundraising" and called upon to return the contributions.
Cornyn essentially put Gallagher in the position of subjecting himself and his fee to legislative oversight or withdrawing from the case.
www.texasmonthly.com /mag/issues/hot/2000-06-01/feature4.php   (2043 words)

  
 Senator John Cornyn
Senator Cornyn believes the core values that led Texans to independence -- especially the desire of people everywhere to be free -- should never be forgotten.
As chairman of the Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship subcommittee, Senator Cornyn is also working with the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico to encourage the Mexican government to help U.S. law enforcement in locating the numerous missing persons from the Laredo area.
In Senator Cornyn’s position on the Senate Budget Committee, he is working to reduce the deficit by cutting lower priority spending while making sure our country is fully defended.
www.johncornyn.com /record.asp   (631 words)

  
 John Cornyn news and information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
CNN - John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas, told CNN's "Late Edition." "But I think his point is that we're going to have to deal with terrorist organizations like al Qaeda.
Houston Chronicle - John Cornyn said the meeting gives Chertoff "the benefit of the insight that local leaders and business leaders have when it comes to what the right balance is to deal with security and economic vitality along this region." ___ Information from: San...
John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Texas.
www.hotnews360.com /John-Cornyn-news.html   (466 words)

  
 John Cornyn - Congresspedia
John Cornyn III is the Junior Senator for the state of Texas.
In 2004, Cornyn co-founded and became the co-chairman of the U.S. Senate India Caucus with the encouragement and aid of the USINPAC Political Action Committee.
Cornyn Claims to Have Never Met GOP Activist Ralph Reed," Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, April 22, 2005.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=John_Cornyn   (1059 words)

  
 John Cornyn (R-TX) | American Public Radio
Cornyn discusses terrorist detainee legislation and the National Intelligence Estimate during media avail in U.S. Capitol.
Cornyn comments $428,671,849 in additional funding headed to Texas for hurricane recovery efforts.
Cornyn comments on legislation to end catch and release that was recently blocked in the Senate
www.americanpublicradio.com /gov/john_cornyn_r_tx   (511 words)

  
 attorney general john cornyn
Representing pride -- or maybe it's envy -- is Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, who is waging a political war in an effort to make sure the...
John Cornyn of Texas and Norm Coleman of...
While serving Texas as Attorney General from 1999-2002, John Cornyn won wide praise for his dedication to professionalism over politics.
www.buschre.com /attorney-general-john-cornyn.html   (335 words)

  
 John Cornyn Revisited
WMR has learned that the money for Addicott was earmarked in the defense appropriations bill by Texas Senator John Cornyn, a graduate of the St. Mary's law school.
Cornyn, a strong Bush loyalist, has flipped 180 degrees from past support for increasing the strength of the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
In March 2005, Cornyn and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the "Faster FOIA Act," a bill that would have created a sixteen-member advisory commission tasked with suggesting ways to decrease delays in the processing of FOIA requests.
www.mindsay.com /comments/justjames/john_cornyn_revisited.mws   (245 words)

  
 John Cornyn, Supreme Court possible nominee
Sen. John Cornyn, 53, is the junior senator from Texas, elected in 2002.
But prior to arriving in Washington, Cornyn's reputation as Texas Attorney General and as a Texas Supreme Court justice was that of a moderate Republican.
During his four years as state attorney general, Cornyn angered some local Republicans for trying, unsuccessfully, to modify a ruling by a previous attorney general that eliminated affirmation action programs at Texas colleges.
www.orlandoreport.com /profiles/Supreme_Court/cornyn.htm   (221 words)

  
 Welcome to Texans for Obama: Defeat Sen. John Cornyn
Cornyn apparently has decided that "saving" embryonic stem cells, that would have been discarded anyway, are somehow more important than saving the lives of your living, breathing loved ones.
George Bush, also a card-carrying member of the radical-relgious right, agreed with Cornyn and issued the only veto of his presidency to ban potentially life-saving stem cell research.
If you're tired of Cornyn giving Texas a bad name, then step up to the plate and donate to the effort organized to defeat him in 2008.
texansforobama.typepad.com /blog/defeat_sen_john_cornyn/index.html   (438 words)

  
 Features: Senator John Cornyn: Dedicated Constitutional Scholar, UVA Law Alumnus: Virginia Law Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John Cornyn’s 2002 Senate victory and subsequent appointment to the Judiciary Committee gave fellow alumnus Edward M. Kennedy ’59 some Cavalier company on one of the Senate’s most powerful committees.
Cornyn also served as attorney general of Texas from 1999 until 2002, when he resigned to run for the Senate.
Cornyn had previously been elected and reelected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and 1996.
www.lawweekly.org /?module=displaystory&story_id=1443&edition_id=50&format=html   (655 words)

  
 John Cornyn: 9/11 Image on Mexican Border
Cornyn is chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship.
Cornyn said he was shown another picture of "a jacket that was found that had a patch on it with Arabic writing.
Last week Rep. John Culberson announced that an al Qaida operative who was on the FBI's terrorist watch list had been nabbed along the Mexican border and was briefly housed in a Brewster County, Texas, jail - before he was taken away by the FBI
www.infowars.com /articles/immigration/cornyn_911_image_on_mexian_border.htm   (196 words)

  
 Move Left Media - Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) Exploits the Murders of Four People
As an example, Senator Cornyn referred to a recent US Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty is an unconstitutional punishment for crimes committed by people who were then under 18.
Therefore, there is a good chance that John Cornyn would have supported Judge Joan Lefkow's dismissal of Bart Ross' medical malpractice lawsuit, if he had been involved.
John Cornyn is trying to con us and intimidate judges.
www.moveleft.com /moveleft_essay_2005_04_06_senator_john_cornyn_r_tx_exploits_the_murder_of_four_people.asp   (444 words)

  
 Office of Senator John Cornyn Featured Content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Ranking Member of the Immigration, Border Security and Refugees subcommittee, hosted a meeting in Laredo on Wednesday with Texas border mayors, county judges and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff to discuss issues important to the border region.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Armed Services Committee, on Tuesday pledged to work to restore BRAC funding cuts in a recent appropriations bill that would hurt the mission of the San Antonio military community.
Cornyn hosted a meeting with military, city and community leaders in San Antonio to discuss efforts to restore BRAC funding and protect key future military missions.
cornyn.senate.gov /xml/cornyn_feed_rel.cfm   (288 words)

  
 Humanarchives.org :: John Cornyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John Cornyn said yesterday that recent examples of courthouse violence may be linked to public anger over judges who make politically charged decisions without being held accountable.
John Cornyn Quotes: It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box...
John Kerry released a letter from five top retired Generals and a retired Navy Admiral urging Senators Frist and Reid not to let Sen. Ted Stevens get away with his latest scheme to open the Arctic...
www.humanarchives.org /members/1933/archive.html   (337 words)

  
 News at BlinkBits. John Cornyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
John Cornyn convened a hearing on the other side of Capitol Hill to examine whether the Supreme Courts Texas redistricting ruling affects the ongoing Voting Rights Act debate.
John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted against the bill, but said problems with it can be settled in negotiations with the House.
John Cornyn said Thursday the Iraq Study Group’s report was not a recipe for success, but rather a useful tool in America’s quest to move forward in Iraq.
www.blinkbits.com /bits/viewforum/john_cornyn_news?f=495   (1433 words)

  
 John Cornyn - dKosopedia
John Cornyn is a Republican US Senator from Texas, 2003-present.
Recently, Cornyn has come under fire for comparing same-sex marriages to a bizarre union of humans and box turtles.
CORNYN, John from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present
www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/John_Cornyn   (107 words)

  
 BREAKING: GOP Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) says violence against judges is understandable - AMERICAblog: A great nation ...
At 5PM today on the Senate floor, Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) gave an astounding account of the recent spate of violence against judges, suggesting that the crimes could be attributed to the fact that judges are "unaccountable" to the public.
And the ultimate irony is that it is people like John Cornyn who now risk inciting violence against judges by giving aid and comfort to these homicidal maniacs.
John Aravosis is a Washington DC-based writer and political consultant, specializing in using the Internet for political advocacy.
americablog.blogspot.com /2005/04/breaking-gop-senator-john-cornyn-r-tx.html   (1820 words)

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