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To: Sequoyah101
Texas does fight "....The Texas attorney general's office has filed 24 lawsuits against the federal government since Obama took office — litigation that has cost the state $2.58 million and more than 14,113 hours spent by staff and state lawyers working those cases.

....Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the costs are worth it, calling the litigation "a fight against the unprecedented ideology coming from the Obama administration." In an interview, he said the legal battles he wages are meant to promote industry and protect Texas jobs.

Abbott took office in 2002 and sued the federal government three times between 2004 and 2007 while fellow Republican George W. Bush was president. But the floodgates opened under Obama, with Texas suing two dozen times since 2010. Sixteen of Abbott's lawsuits challenged environmental regulations.

....Texas has won five of Abbott's 27 cases, lost eight and had two others dismissed because the regulations or laws being challenged were lifted or repealed by Congress. The other 12 are pending....."

31 posted on 11/07/2012 12:56:45 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Not trying to pour cold water on your assertion but I think it will take a good deal more than this to ever kill the beast.

Out of 27 cases

5 wins
8 losses
2 draws
12 incomplete

isn’t exactly a winning record is it?


36 posted on 11/07/2012 2:07:01 PM PST by Sequoyah101
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