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Monday, May 20, 2013 (The Huffington Post - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.)
Obama and Nixon: A Historical Perspective
Sunday, May 19, 2013 (NPR - Brian Naylor)
Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too
Thursday, May 16, 2013 (The Fiscal Times - Brianna Ehley)
At Least One Liberal Group Got IRS Scrutiny
Thursday, May 16, 2013 (ABC - Michael Falcone)
Obama Juggles Scandals
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (Slate - David Weigel)
Read the IRS's Irritating Requests for a Liberal (!) Group in Texas
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (The Raw Story - Eric Dolan)
Liberal group Progress Texas also received extra IRS scrutiny
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (Examiner.com - Edith Allen)
IRS bombshell: IRS gave Democrats and progressives problems too
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (Associated Press)
Holder: Potential civil rights violations at IRS
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 (MSNBC - Morgan Whitake)
Obama boots out IRS commissioner amid scandal
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 (Bloomberg - Julie Bykowicz and Jonathan D. Salant)
IRS Sent Same Letter to Democrats That Fed Tea Party Row
Monday, May 6, 2013 (Center for Media and Democracy)
ALEC Assembles "Most Wanted List," And Oklahomans Say "ALEC Is Not OK"
Thursday, May 2, 2013 (San Antonio Express-News - Patricia Kilday Hart)
Hearing on West explosion produces more questions
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 (Dallas Morning News - Brandon Formby)
State officials: educating West residents about plant was local responsibility
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 (EHS Today - Sandy Smith)
CriticsTheme of West Hearing Was “We’re Not Required to Do That”

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 (KCEN)
Hearing About West Explosion Heard at Texas Capitol
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 (Yahoo News (Reuters))
Texas Fire Marshal hopes to find cause of fertilizer plant blast
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 (The Houston Chronicle - Staff)
Legislative notebook: Lawmakers to start West inquiry
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 (San Antonio Express-News - Patricia Kilday Hart)
House committee to delve into West explosion
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 (Orlando Sentinel - Jim Forsyth)
Texas Fire Marshal working to find cause of fertilizer blast
Friday, April 19, 2013 (The Texas Tribune - Ben Philpott)
Agenda Texas: The Twitter Lobby

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TV and Radio Press Hits

Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too
NRP - May 19, 2013
e all play by the same rules. When any organization files for tax-exempt status, it is subject to a higher level of scrutiny. An overwhelming majority of organizations screened by the IRS after 2010 were not Tea Party groups, including Progress Texas. However, that hasn't stopped the paranoid Tea Party from thinking they shouldn't have to play by the same rules.
Mediciad Rally: Press Coverage Mash-Up
Various - April 1, 2013
On April 1, 2013 volunteers with Progress Texas and the Texas Organizing Project rallied outside Governor Perry's office demanding he expand Medicaid in Texas to cover hard working Texans. The protest has been featured in stories across Texas and nationally.
Ted Cruz: Business or bluster?
KVUE - March 28, 2013
Is Sen. Ted Cruz the next Jim DeMint - all bluster and no accomplishments? Progress Texas Executive Director Matt Glazer interviewed on KVUE discussing the bipartisan consensus that no one really likes working with Senator Ted Cruz.
Will this country ever elect another Bush?
MSNBC - March 4, 2013
Progress Texas PAC Director Jim Moore on MSNBC Ed Show discussing Jeb Bush's recently and shocking immigration flip-flop on a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
Calls for Succession of Texas Rises After Election
MSNBC - November 13, 2012
Texas succession? Progress Texas PAC Director Jim Moore on MSNBC's Ed Show talking about the re-election of President Obama, the reaction in Texas conservatives, and the future of Texas.
Inside Texas Politics: 2012 Election
WFAA - October 28, 2012
Executive Director Matt Glazer on WFAA's Inside Texas Politics discussing the 2012 election nationally and in Texas.
Press Releases, Statements, and Advisories
Friday, May 17, 2013
Tea Party Not Singled Out by IRS
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Progress Texas Statement on IRS/Tea Party Story
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Dewhurst Touts Medical Advice from Misogynist Steve Hotze
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Progress Texas Announces Ed Espinoza as Executive Director
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Theme of West Fertilizer Hearing: “We’re Not Required to Do That”
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
GOP Sequester Plan Fails to Invest in a Secure Economy for Texas
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Texans for a Fair Judiciary Encouraged by Cruz and Cornyn’s Creation of Panel to Select Judges
Monday, April 15, 2013
Texas Ethics Commission Sunset Bill in Committee
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Head of Texas Oil & Gas Industry Threatens Noose for Those Who Vote For Background Checks
Monday, April 1, 2013
Block Grants Help Corporations, Hurt Progress on Health Care
Monday, March 18, 2013
Diversity and the Federal Bench: A Crisis in Texas
Monday, March 18, 2013
Greg Abbott to Receive Award from Religious Leader Who Called President Obama “Anti-Christian” and Mayor Parker a “Sodomite”
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
George W. Bush’s Nephew Finally Announces for Land Commissioner
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Continue Needless Obstruction of Federal Courts
Saturday, March 2, 2013
1 of Texas’ 3 African-American Federal District Court Judges Retires
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Hidalgo County Endorses Medicaid Expansion
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Now that Perry & Dewhurst Lost Their Primaries, Texas GOP Finally Agrees to Pay Our Health Care Bills
Friday, February 15, 2013
Freshmen Texas Legislators Pledge Not to Join ALEC
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
What Rick Perry Forgot to Say
Friday, January 25, 2013
Progress Texas Calls on Rep. Bill Zedler to Withdraw Birther Bill

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Obama and Nixon: A Historical Perspective
For once with good reason, the GOP is exorcised with the scandals involving the IRS targeting political groups and the FBI's spying on A.P. reporters. The broader public is legitimately concerned. However, in its classic overblown breathlessness at all things Obama, the gleeful Republican leadership is already calling for impeachment and dragging... Read More »
Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too
The IRS was in the hot seat Friday, with its outgoing acting commissioner . A Senate panel is scheduled for Tuesday. Congress is prodding to find out why the agency singled out conservative groups for special scrutiny. Attention has focused on the IRS' flagging of these groups starting in 2010. But some liberal groups and journalism organizations... Read More »
Tea Party Not Singled Out by IRS
(TEXAS) - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is conducting a hearing on the IRS scrutinizing 501(c)4s, and several times during the hearing there was correct push-back and clarification that progressive groups were scrutinized, as well. Two-thirds of those groups that received extra scrutiny from the IRS were not conservative. By point of... Read More »