Monthly Archives: May 2021
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Progressive Democrats urge Biden to drop infrastructure talks with Republicans
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell provides an overview of the White House and Senate Republicans on the proposed $ 2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. Progressive Democrats are ... -
Texas Democrats Temporarily Block New Voting Restrictions Bill
Texas Democrats temporarily blocked the new Republicans voting restrictions bill on Sunday night when they left the House to block a vote. CBS News correspondent Christina ... -
Texas Democrats Block Passage of Voting Bill | New
The radical overhaul of the Texas election and voter access was on the verge of enactment early in the session. He had the support of Republican ... -
Texas GOP Lieutenant Governor Suggests Republicans Only Responsible For Democrats Killing Election Bill
The conversation Open apologies from a doctor to those struggling with overweight and obesity Doctors have told overweight people to exercise more and eat less, when ... -
Mining Tax Bill Begins to Advance in Legislature, Supported by Industry, Progressives and Teachers Union
A major bill, aimed at earmarking around $ 500 million in mining revenue and federal aid for public education and avoiding politically perilous questions in the ... -
Hear them roar; women changed state policy in a decade | Local News
For this year alone, Memorial Day is the eve of an election in New Mexico. This is just a sign that it is not always politics ... -
Texas Republicans aim to make voting more difficult | national
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas took a major step on Sunday to become the largest state in the country where the GOP makes it harder to vote ... -
Texas GOP Completely Opposes HB 1987
Austin, TX, Released: May 30, 2021 For Immediate launch With the primaries open in the state of Texas, HB 1987 would allow Democrats to choose the ... -
Education budget warning, election inquiry
MADISON (WKOW) – Republicans on the Budgetary Joint State Finance Committee called their education budget a $ 500 million increase. But a letter sent by the ... -
Texas Democrats Say Republican Voting Bill Marks “Dark Day for Democracy” | Texas
Texas Democrats called Sunday “one of the darkest days” for American democracy, after Republicans pushed one of the most restrictive voting measures in the United States ... -
Mining tax plan raises stakes in final days of Nevada legislature
Posted on Saturday May 29, 2021 | 11:20 p.m. Updated on Saturday May 29, 2021 | 11:20 p.m. CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) – Lawmakers in Nevada ... -
Texas Republicans Finalize Major Voting Limits Bill
And in their electoral push, Republicans have overtaken objections from Democrats, voting groups and big business. Companies like American Airlines, Dell Technologies and Microsoft spoke out ... -
Joe Biden criticizes Texas bill that limits voting hours
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most important news from Texas. As Texas Republicans prepare to ... -
Dismissing additional federal unemployment benefits doesn’t do much for workers in Texas
There may be a labor shortage in Texas, but it has yet to reach Buc-ee’s, the chain of gas stations and convenience stores that started in ... -
Democrats ignore wave of crime at their peril
On the anniversary of George Floyd’s death, dozens of gunshots rang out in the middle of the day in George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, forcing reporters ... -
Merkley: More money is needed to prevent devastating forest fires | Local
Funding priorities Its priorities include increasing spending on forestry collaborations and specific work to reduce the threat of forest fires, such as forest thinning and prescribed ... -
Lauren Boebert abandons brands, calling them ‘corrupted tool’ – The Journal
Voters in southwest Colorado concerned about infrastructure needs will not be met Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Center, did not ask for local funding through assignments, saying ... -
By stiffening Tesla, Texas lawmakers prove they don’t really value freedom
The Texas legislative session is coming to an end, and a bill that would have allowed Tesla (and other electric vehicle manufacturers) to sell vehicles directly ... -
Tory agenda dominates Texas, despite Democratic hopes to turn the state blue
Yet Trump’s Texas lead was the narrowest for a Republican presidential candidate in years. In 2012, Mitt Romney won the state by 16 points. In 2016, ... -
Biden budget tackles worker misclassification and safety (2)
President Joe biden used his inaugural budget request to signal his administration’s commitment to extend job protections to large swathes of workers who have been classified ... -
Statement by Texas Democrats on Cornyn and Cruz blocking investigation into January 6 insurgency
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement on how Republican Senators from Texas John Cornyn and Ted Cruz voted to ... -
Newsmax Rep: All Democrats See Biden’s Inappropriate China Relations
Republican James Commer told Newsmax that all Democrats believe the Biden administration has an irregular relationship with China. “We know about the Hunter Biden drama,†Commer ... -
The Donlon Report: US Agencies Investigate Mysterious “Havana Syndrome”; Texas reports increase in drug seizures
Posted: May 27, 2021 / 7:21 p.m. CDT | Update: May 27, 2021 / 7:22 p.m. CDT January 6 is a day many Americans will remember, ... -
Vulnerable Democrats Bet Stigma on Targets has Dissipated | Nation / World
WASHINGTON – Dozens of at-risk House Democrats are betting that securing money for their voters through allocations will be somewhere between a net positive for their ... -
Governor Cooper resists calls from GOP senators to end ‘excessive federal benefits’
RALEIGH, North Carolina (WNCN) – Gov. Roy Cooper (D) on Thursday resisted calls from the state’s two Republican U.S. senators to stop accepting federal funding for ... -
Texas Democrats Kill Transphobic Student Athlete Bill by Blocking | Texas
On Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers in the Texas House of Representatives were successful in preventing a transphobic bill from being voted on until it hits its “pass-or-die” ... -
Democrats reject GOP ads accusing them of opposing security assistance to Israel
House Democrats on Wednesday pushed back against advertisements of Republican attacks accusing them of not supporting Israeli security after their votes on a GOP procedural motion ... -
Surface Infrastructure Bill Transfers From Capito Committee As Infrastructure Discussions Continue | News, Sports, Jobs
Screenshot photo PRAISE – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito congratulated her fellow Senators for coming together on a transportation infrastructure bill. CHARLESTON – Calling him “anchor” ... -
BREAKING: 26 days after the start of AAPI Heritage Month, Ted Cruz is spreading anti-Asian racist hatred
AUSTIN, Texas – 26 days after the start of AAPI Heritage Month, Ted Cruz appeared on national television Wednesday for spread racist bile in an attempt ... -
Texas senator participates in bipartisan deal to strengthen gun background checks
by: Wes Wilson, Sahil Kapur, NBC News Posted: May 26, 2021 / 12:14 p.m. CDT / Update: May 26, 2021 / 12:55 p.m. CDT FILE – ... -
Pro-GOP group targets House Dems following Israel’s Iron Dome vote
EXCLUSIVE: A conservative advocacy group that supports Republican causes is targeting 14 House Democrats in their votes last week against Israel’s emergency funding for its Iron ... -
Democrats’ plan would fund Leandro
“This is the first time in history that we have a truly comprehensive piece of legislation that provides for specific actions that the General Assembly must ... -
New Mexico Democrats Sit Down and Wait for Former Congresswoman | Local News
In an age when the countryside is too loud and takes too long, a glaring exception exists in New Mexico. Peace and quiet are bad signs ... -
Trump says he will approve Texas Attorney General’s Republican primary in 2022
Former President Donald Trump says will make an endorsement in the 2022 Republican primary race for Texas Attorney General, in which Ken Paxton is likely to ... -
Texas House Democrats run over time to try to sink GOP bills
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most important news from Texas. In the last 14 hours ... -
2021 Ocean GOP Primary County Commissioners: Gary Quinn
TOMS RIVER, NJ – With Primary Day for the 2021 general election on June 8, Patch shares the profiles of candidates for local office. Gary Quinn ... -
Eric Holder on his opposition to voting restrictions: ‘We should be energized, galvanized, motivated’
From Texas Standard: Once a decade, the U.S. Census provides the population counts that each state uses to redraw electoral boundaries. How these boundaries are drawn ... -
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Comparison of Mask Wearing and Holocaust Condemned by GOP House Leader
WASHINGTON – Minority House Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday condemned Georgian Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments comparing the wearing of vaccination masks and logos to the ... -
Democrats and GOP team up to target China
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a press conference following the Democratic Senate’s weekly political lunch at the Capitol in ... -
Fight against Medicaid expansion resurfaces in states
Dakotans for Health co-founder Rick Weiland said the pro-expansion group has collected more than 10,000 signatures to date. Supporters need more than three times that number ... -
House Democrats review Georgia’s voting law in light of new state rules
(GA Recorder) | WASHINGTON – Members of a US House panel debated on Monday whether certain state election laws deprived some voters, including people of color, ... -
Texas, Cornyn, other top Republicans look at Jan 6 commission bill, plan to filibuster
WASHINGTON, DC – Texas Senator John Cornyn was clear in February: Congress should create a 9/11-type outside commission to investigate the January 6 attack, a rare ... -
The construction of necessary schools continues to be forgotten | Editorial
Their original proposal was to use state lottery revenues – then $ 350 million a year – to build schools. The sponsor was a Democrat from ... -
Texas lawmakers create hurdles to cut police funding
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most important news from Texas. Texas House on Monday brought ... -
Texas GOP proposes to reduce polling places for urban voters of color
Texas Senate Republicans passed a law that would drastically reduce the number of polling stations in strong Democratic counties, disproportionately depriving voters of color in the ... -
West Hills reconnects with DuBois-Walton
West Rock and West Hills Democrats voted on Sunday to endorse mayoral candidate Karen DuBois-Walton, Alder Honda Smith and Clerk Michael Smart for the upcoming municipal ... -
Biden Cuts Broadband Spending, Republican Infrastructure Plan, Gigabit Opportunity Zones, Ige Under Fire: High Speed Breakfast
May 24, 2021 – The Biden administration appears to be willing to back down on the $ 100 billion proposal it put forward in favor of ... -
Redistributing delays adds to Democrats’ worries about keeping US House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the last two elections, Democrats have viewed Brian Fitzpatrick as one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the US Congress, but both ... -
Texas lawmakers pass new chemical tank regulations
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most important news from Texas. In March 2019, a massive ... -
Kan’s juvenile justice funds could run out by 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas fund to help keep young people out of jail could be cash-strapped by 2024 if spending and planned funding stay ... -
The governor caught between the main democratic blocs over the oil setbacks
Apartment buildings are seen behind pump jacks running at the Inglewood oilfield in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. California Governor Gavin Newsom has set ... -
Texas Republicans’ plan to reduce polling stations in areas with higher proportion of voters of color: analysis
A proposal by Texas Republicans to change the distribution of polling stations on election day would reduce the number of voting options for areas with a ... -
“The pendulums still swing:” Democrats hope to regain power in Idaho | Politics
The party is also wary of this pendulum. All are careful that they don’t seem to be swaying too much to the left. The Idaho Democratic ... -
Arizona election audit to resume amid internal GOP fighting
A GOP-ordered audit of the 2020 ballots in Arizona’s most populous county is expected to restart this week, even as it fuels a growing fight among ... -
Republicans in Idaho legislature increase their own funding
The Idaho Legislature reconvened on Wednesday, May 12, after a week-long hiatus for doing business after Gov. Brad Little signed the bill. Darin Oswald [email protected] This ... -
Redistributing delays adds to Democrats’ concerns about maintaining US House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the last two elections, Democrats have viewed Brian Fitzpatrick as one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the US Congress, but both ... -
Get black money out of the political realm | News, Sports, Jobs
THE EDITOR: After 30 years of one-party Republican rule, Columbus won the infamous title of the biggest public corruption case in a state in US history ... -
Texas Blackout Reveals: Texas Republicans Knew Gas Was The Problem, Then Blamed Renewables
Texas President PUC and other senior officials were already worried about gas shortages days before the widespread blackouts that resulted in the deaths of at least ... -
Report: Kansas juvenile justice funds could run out by 2024
TOPEKA, Kan. A Kansas fund to help keep young people out of jail could be cash-strapped by 2024 if spending and planned funding stay the same, ... -
Former Planned Parenthood President speaks about partisanship and reproductive rights at UC Dems event
Cecile Richards, former president of Planned Parenthood, spoke about her career path, her partisanship around abortion and reproductive rights nationally and nationally in a question-and-answer session ... -
Texas GOP Passes Bill to Ban Critical Race Theory and Stop ‘Blaming White Children’ for Slavery
Texas state lawmakers capped hours of debate on how to teach children about American slavery and subjugation of people of color by advancing a controversial bill ... -
Progressives press leading Democrats for Israel arms deal, police
WASHINGTON – An increasingly vocal progressive wing is putting more pressure on Democratic leaders on burning issues, including U.S. military aid to Israel, funding for Capitol ... -
Businesses and Republicans are sounding the alarm on Biden taxes | national
(The Center Square) – As President Joe Biden promotes his multi-trillion dollar proposed federal spending, Republicans and small business are sounding the alarm bells, arguing that ... -
Illinois redistribution map revealed for State House and Senate districts
The Dems also stressed that their first priority was to protect the rights of minority voters. This is likely a signal that Pritzker will accept the ... -
News in Brief | National
Texas House and Senate reach deal on license-free handgun carrying but offer no details on bill Do you need a small loan to help you through ... -
Legislative Priorities Report 5.21.21 – Republican Party of Texas Republican Party of Texas
Legislative Priorities Report May 21, 2021 Yesterday was a great day at Texas House. . . if the most important priority of the session for you ... -
GOP deploys alternatives to Dems broadband initiatives
Law360 (May 21, 2021, 4:56 p.m. EDT) – House Republicans on Thursday presented two broadband infrastructure packages that would divert funding from the Federal Communications Commission, ... -
Daybreak May 21: Stabenow and Boozman at odds over Farm Bill funding
Senate Agriculture Speaker Debbie Stabenow said she continues to work to secure increased funding for conservation programs included in an upcoming climate infrastructure package. But the ... -
The back mic: final budget lacks federal funding amendment, former senator resigns dean, Democrats push back unemployment benefits
Austin, Texas, 2 minutes ago – [tbm_signup] Special session requirement for federal funding withdrawn from the budget The 2022-2023 budget was finalized by the legislature’s conference ... -
More than $ 6 billion in federal aid from the NJ is coming. Spending plan later
Credit: (Legislative Assembly of the NJ)Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) and NJ Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio New Jersey received the more than $ 6 billion allocated to ... -
Senate Should End Debate To Pass Medicaid Funding Tax
Republicans in the Missouri Senate should decide to end debate if a filibuster prevents anti-abortion lawmakers from putting their stamp on taxes on providers that fund ... -
Heroes or slavers? Texas observes laws to protect its founders from contempt
Every morning, Texas schoolchildren recite an oath to their state that includes the words, “I promise you allegiance, Texas, a state under God.” Now, a wave ... -
Gohmert reprimanded for violating US House mask mandate | Texas
U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert R-Tyler is among three GOP lawmakers representing Texas in the U.S. House who have been fined or given a warning this week ... -
Chip Roy, two other Texas congressmen reprimanded for refusing to wear masks
Twitter / Chip Roy Republican U.S. Representative Chip Roy has repeatedly downplayed the severity of COVID-19. Say whatever you want about U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, but ... -
Progressive Democrats Vote Against Capitol Security Funding To Protest Police
Several progressive House Democrats voted against a $ 1.9 billion bill to increase security on the U.S. Capitol in response to the deadly January 6 riot ... -
Has half a billion over two years paid for the education budget? Not exactly.
Questions continue to concern the financing of education, including the role, if any, of additional tax revenues. Signs in front of the legislative building call for ... -
Dianne Morales’ Strengths and Weaknesses as She Runs for Mayor
Dianne Morales (photo via Morales campaign) [This article is part of a series on the leading Democratic mayoral candidates’ strengths and weaknesses.] Dianne Morales officially entered the ... -
Democrats Face the Reality on Voting Rights: Congress Likely Not Coming to the Rescue
WASHINGTON – Asked about the way forward to pass new voting rights laws, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., repeatedly replied: “Failure is not an option ... -
Riot on Capitol Hill: GOP leaders split in Jan 6 inquiry, but Republican # 2 predicts Senate will pass bill ‘in one form or another’
But Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, said he assumed the bill to create the independent inquiry will pass “with quite a large margin” in the ... -
Pulse Newsletter: Mills Makes History By Committing To Fully Fund Education
Gov. Janet Mills sounded almost triumphant when she announced a change to the state’s next two-year budget that will pump an additional $187 million into local ... -
Op-Ed: Ky. GOP Rebuttal to Governor Beshear’s Recent Column
The following editorial is written by Republican Party of Kentucky Chairman Mac Brown. In a recent column, Democratic Governor Andy Beshear softens his response to the ... -
Republican House lawmakers offer Louisiana residents up to $ 1,000 in unemployment to return to work
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Republican House lawmakers have started pushing forward a proposal to offer unemployed Louisiana residents up to $ 1,000 to return to ... -
Fact Check: A Week of Cheeky Republican Dishonesty
A prominent Republican senator claimed Democrats drafted a bill to register millions of undocumented immigrants to vote – even though the bill explicitly and repeatedly says ... -
GOP pursues tougher penalties for poll workers in crackdown on voting
This attitude has crept into new election laws and bills introduced by Republican-controlled legislatures across the country. More than two dozen bills in nine states, either ... -
Tennessee lawmakers leave door open for special session to deal with infusion of federal funds
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has brushed aside the idea of ​​a special session to deal with billions of dollars in federal funding, but some key lawmakers ... -
Conservative group brags of secret role in election laws
The leader of a national conservative group told his supporters he had secretly helped draft laws in Republican-controlled states across the country as part of a ... -
Missouri Lawmakers Pass High-Profile Gun Bill on Last Day | News headlines
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Republican-led Missouri legislature has passed a high-profile measure to ban local enforcement of federal gun laws with only an hour ... -
Hopes for GOP infrastructure deal spurred on by Senator Shelley Moore Capito
WASHINGTON – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, of West Virginia, assumes her role as potential negotiator in Republican talks with the White House, leading a GOP effort ... -
Nevada Supreme Court ruling cuts $ 100 million in respendable revenue
The Nevada State Supreme Court building in Carson City. The Nevada Supreme Court opinion released this week drops an estimated $ 100 million hole in the ... -
Independence of candidate Virginia GOP from Trump under debate
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) – While Glenn Youngkin was looking to return to the political center after winning the GOP nomination for governor of Virginia, Donald ... -
The Enduring Promise of Moral Capitalism | by Michael Kazin
In our May 27, 2021 issue, we published “Ending the Kennedy Romance†by Michael Kazin, a review of the first volume of Frederik Logevall’s biography on ... -
Oklahoma state’s proposed $ 8.3 billion budget includes tax cuts and increased funding for education
May 14 – State lawmakers and Governor Kevin Stitt have agreed to a state budget of $ 8.3 billion for the coming fiscal year that will ... -
Capitol rioters are ‘political prisoners’
Representative Louie Gohmert said the rioters on Capitol Hill were “political prisoners” held hostage by the government. The Texas congressman made the remarks during a lengthy ... -
Lawmakers Accept COVID-19 Expense Bills; head of the budget concerned
LANSING, Michigan (AP) – Michigan lawmakers on Thursday approved mid-year spending bills, including billions in federal coronavirus relief to raise wages for front-line public servants, incent ... -
Federal program banned at McCordsville Underpass
McCordsville officials and others argue that an underpass on the city’s rail tracks is important to the development of Mt. Comfort corridor. (Photo file0) Photo file ... -
Democrats move closer to setting up January 6 commission, with or without GOP
WASHINGTON – House Democrats lobbied on Friday with a bipartisan proposal to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan.6 attack on Capitol Hill, after reaching ... -
How Democrats Can Revive Their Doomed Voting Law
The Law for the People, a democracy reform bill that Democrats believe would expand access to the vote, saw a glimpse of its fate on Tuesday. ... -
4 Republicans and 3 Democrats seeking seats on Harmar’s supervisory board
Four Republicans and three Democrats are vying for two nominations in their respective party’s primary races for the Harmar supervisory board. The board is made up ... -
Is there a way forward for Biden’s infrastructure plans? | Alston and Bird
Could President Biden’s $ 4 trillion infrastructure plan be a bridge too far? A multidisciplinary group details the president’s proposal, the Republican counter-proposal and the possibility ... -
Newsom offers healthcare to seniors without legal immigration status
California would allow seniors living illegally in the country to apply for the state’s health care program for low-income residents as part of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ...
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