Cornyn's YOLO era? Primary loss opens possibility to more independence
- Texas Senator John Cornyn is shelving legislation he proposed in May to rename a 1,800-mile highway in honor of President Donald Trump after losing last week's Republican primary.
- Cornyn introduced the bill to rename US-287, spanning nearly 1,800 miles from Texas' Gulf Coast to the Canadian border, as 'Trump Interstate' to honor the president's legacy.
- A Texas Department of Transportation feasibility study estimated the upgrade would translate to $5.4 billion in travel cost savings, more than 46,000 jobs, and $11.6 billion in annual GDP increase by 2050.
- Texas state Representative Jared Patterson criticized the move on Thursday, pledging to file a resolution renaming the Dallas North Tollway the 'Donald J. Trump Tollway' instead.
- With his term expiring in January, Cornyn told Hearst Newspapers he is 'looking forward to working in the private sector' while continuing work on the surface transportation reauthorization bill.
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Cornyn signals Trump highway bill may not be priority after primary loss
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is backing off a push to dedicate a Texas highway after President Trump, signaling that it may no longer be high on his priority list following his defeat in last month’s GOP Senate primary runoff. Cornyn introduced legislation in May to rename U.S. Highway 287 as Interstate 47 in honor of…
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Wonderwall.comSenator pulls plan to name highway after Trump in apparent act of revenge
Texas Sen. John Cornyn has quietly shelved legislation that would have renamed a nearly 1,800-mile stretch of highway after President Donald Trump, a move that came days after Trump endorsed Cornyn’s primary rival and effectively ended the senator’s three-decade electoral career. Cornyn told Hearst Newspapers that the bill, which would have redesignated US-287 from Port...
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The Independent (US)Texas senator backs off push to name highway after Trump
John Cornyn says he is looking forward to ‘working in the private sector’ once his term ends in January
Cornyn Drops Plan To Name "Interstate" For Trump
Dallas’s Fox affiliate reports: In the days leading up to the runoff for the Republican Senate nomination, Cornyn introduced a bill to rename U.S. Highway 287, which spans about 1800 miles as Interstate 47 in honor of the 47th president. Since Cornyn’s loss to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whom Trump endorsed in the days leading up to the runoff, the senator appears to have backed away from that legislation. He told Hearst Newspapers on Wed…
John Cornyn Backs Off Project to Rename Texas Highway After Donald Trump Following Loss to Trump-Backed Challenger
(AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has lost interest in renaming a Texas highway after President Donald Trump following his primary loss to Trump-backed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. While he was still seeking the president’s endorsement in the hotly contested runoff, Cornyn had pushed legislation to rename U.S. Highway 287 as Interstate 47 in honor of the the 47th president, Following his loss, however, Cornyn said the bill “…
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