An interesting article for political junkies. It's about how Tom Delay House Majority Leader and Seantor Kay Bailey Hutchinson may be conservative Republicans, but they still find ways to disagree.
Hutchison pushed for improved airport security long before the September 11 attacks, but that made her adamant about converting airport screeners to federal employees. DeLay argued hard for screening by private contractors under government oversight.
DeLay is responsible for a ban on spending federal money to build light rail in Houston, while Hutchison has pressed hard to win money for it.
Hutchison voted for the Senate's bill banning a procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion. But she also backed a resolution affirming the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade ruling upholding a woman's right to an abortion.
DeLay is an unswerving opponent of abortion and has made a ban on partial-birth abortion a priority on the House agenda.
My guess is that Delay is trying to stop the onslaught of bigger government, while Hutchinson isn't all that ideological.
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