Original sentence: After serving six years as a District Court Judge in San Antonio, Texas, Cornyn was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and re-elected in 1996.Cornyn was selected by his colleagues in December 2006 to be a member of the five-person Republican Senate leadership team as Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.Cornyn, widely considered to be a very close Senate ally of President George W.During Senate hearings on a possible censure of Bush, Cornyn attacked Democratic Senator Russ Feingold, arguing that censuring the President would amount to "aiding our enemies during a time of war".He also serves on the Armed Services Committee, the Budget Committee and is the Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics.He previously served as chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights.In 2005, Cornyn's name was mentioned among possibilities to replace Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O'Connor or William Rehnquist.On February 1, 2007, Cornyn voted to raise the federal minimum wage.When elected, he became the first Republican to win the position since Reconstruction
Edited sentence: After spending six years as a District Court Judge in San Antonio, Texas, Cornyn was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and re-elected in 1996.Cornyn has never voted to reduce the salaries of U.Cornyn was selected by his partisan colleagues in December 2006 to be a member of the five-person Republican Senate leadership team as Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.Cornyn, widely considered to be a very close Senate ally of George W.Critics noted that his own salary as a United States Senator totaled roughly $165,000 per year as of 2007, not including any other income streams: The equivalent of 15 times that of a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage at the time ($5.15/hr).During Senate hearings on a possible censure of Bush, Cornyn attacked Democratic Senator Russ Feingold, insisting that censuring the President would amount to "aiding our enemies during a time of war".He also sits on the Armed Services Committee, the Budget Committee and is the Vice Chairman of the Select Committee on Ethics.He previously ruled as chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights.In 2005, Cornyn's name was mentioned among possibilities to replace Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor or William Rehnquist.When elected, he became the first Republican to take the position since Reconstruction