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Revision as of 17:59, October 5, 2017
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | |||
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| U.S. Senator from Texas From: June 14, 1993 – January 3, 2013 | |||
| Predecessor | Bob Krueger (interim for Lloyd Bentsen) | ||
| Successor | Ted Cruz | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Ray Hutchison | ||
| Religion | Episcopalian | ||
Kay Bailey Hutchison, born July 22, 1943 (age 83), is a former Republican former U.S. Senator from her native Texas. The first female senator from Texas, she held office from 1993 through 2012. Hutchison was a candidate for the 2010 Texas gubernatorial election, when she unsuccessfully challenged the incumbent more conservative Governor Rick Perry in the primary election. She did not run for re-election to the Senate in 2012.
Kay Bailey Hutchison is pro-choice regarding abortion, and has voted to express that Roe v. Wade was rightly decided and should not be overturned.[1] Additionally, Senator Hutchison is a strong and active proponent of stem cell research that involves the killing of human embryos.[2] However, Hutchison has voted for restrictions on abortion such as supporting the 2003 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
Hutchison voted for the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), leading Rick Perry supporters to call her "Kay Bailout Hutchison." Hutchison inserted 346 earmarks in the last two years spending bills costing $2.6 billion.[3]
Hutchison is the widow of Ray Hutchison, a lawyer and Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives. The two met as fellow House members, she from Houston, and he from Dallas. It was the second marriage for each.
References
- ↑ http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00048
- ↑ http://www.rnclife.org/faxnotes/2005/may05/05-05-06.html
- ↑ Citizens Against Government Waste (http://www.cagw.org); OpenSecrets.org