Monthly Archives: August 2021
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Details of the final version of the Texas ballot bill
AUSTIN, Texas – The sweeping changes to the Texas Election Code now awaiting the signature of GOP Governor Greg Abbott would make it more difficult – ... -
Austin at Large: one step forward, two steps … Texas Democrats retract strike amid grudges and glimmers of hope
This is how a walkout ends, not with a bang or a moan, but the weak one Ding ding the bell of the vote and the ... -
Home health care urges to find in budget reconciliation package | News, Sports, Jobs
Contributed EARLY ASSISTANCE – Ady Barkan attends the debut of his documentary “Not Going Quietly” earlier this month. CHARLESTON – For Ady Barkan, access to home ... -
Home Health Care Advocate Uses Life Story To Request Funds For Budget Reconciliation Program | News, Sports, Jobs
Ady Barkan attends the debut of his documentary “Not Going Quietly” earlier this month. (Photo provided) CHARLESTON – For Ady Barkan, having access to home care ... -
Texas House Passes Voting Bill As GOP Approaches Tackling Victory
The House vote on Friday likely marked the end of the drama that began in late May when, in the closing hours of the regular session ... -
Controversial Texas voting laws overshadowed by quorum breaking set to take effect next week – Houston Public Media
A poll worker stands among the voting machines on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, in Houston. Much of the drama during this summer’s special legislative sessions focused ... -
Biden is expected to fund states that restrict voting rights. Period.
Congressional Democrats have a golden opportunity to protect voting rights when the House of Representatives returns to session this week to lay the foundation for approving ... -
Newsom’s campaign to defeat California recall overtakes enemies
SACRAMENTO – The campaign to recall Governor Gavin Newsom has turned into a money magnet – for Governor Gavin Newsom. Newsom’s anti-recall campaign made more money ... -
ICYMI: Biden announces first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine
As several vaccines are approved under emergency use authorizations, the first official FDA approval marks another key step in fending off this pandemic AUSTIN, Texas – ... -
Five lawmakers to watch ahead of key House budget vote
The House is expected to return to Washington this week to consider the Senate-approved budget resolution, and divisions among Democrats pose a challenge for swift passage. ... -
Arizona audit has ‘too many flaws’ to trust results, says former Republican official
As Cyber Ninjas prepares to present the findings of a widely criticized audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Arizona, some Republicans are strongly ... -
With fight for mask mandates, Abbott passes Trump’s GOP purity test
When Texas experienced its first big wave of COVID hospitalizations, Governor Greg Abbott responded by shutting down bars and making masks mandatory. When the second wave ... -
Environmental justice advocates look to landmark $ 3.5 billion spending bill for bold action
Congressional Democrats and the Biden administration want to use their massive $ 3.5 trillion spending plan to help communities devastated by pollution and environmental degradation. For ... -
Why this green farmer will vote for Gavin Newsom recall
More than a third of Californians live on or near the poverty line (Public Policy Institute of California, July 2021). We pay the highest income taxes ... -
Texas Democrats return home for new battle: redistribution
A plane sends the message “Don’t mess with the voters of Texas, all of you” over the Texas Capitol on July 13 in Austin, Texas. Democrats ... -
‘Racist and Downright False’: Texas Republican Blames Black Americans for Covid Push | Texas
Dan Patrick, the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Texas, refused to apologize for blaming increased hospitalizations and Covid-19 deaths on unvaccinated African Americans, comments black Houston official ... -
With children accounting for 18% of new COVID-19 cases, Texas Democrats hail Biden’s measures to protect children and nursing home residents
AUSTIN, Texas – It has been more than three weeks since Gov. Greg Abbott doubled down on his executive order banning schools and local authorities from ... -
Tucson Unified could lose students, funding over mask mandate
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – Several Republican lawmakers have asked Gov. Doug Ducey to withhold funding from any school district, like Tucson Unified, that have ... -
Texas Republicans vote to stop absent Democrats
AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday authorized state law enforcement to round up and potentially arrest absent Democrats who fled the Republican-led ... -
Republican DeVos Says He Won’t Seek Michigan Governor | At national scale
Former US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos said on Tuesday he would not run for governor of Michigan in 2022, ending speculation about one of the ... -
Democrats prefer big government to American privacy
August 10, 2021 Washington DC. – Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), a ranking member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after Democrats rejected his ... -
Texas Supreme Court rules Democrats who break quorum can be arrested
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. House Democrats who refuse to run for ... -
Judge blocks arrests of Texas Democrats who refuse to return to Capitol Hill
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential Texas news. A Travis County State District Judge ... -
Senate Democrats put child care and immigration under $ 3.5 billion budget framework
Updated August 9, 2021 at 9:28 a.m. ET Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., released the text of a $ 3.5 trillion budget framework that aims ... -
Mark Zuckerberg’s campaign finance donations fuel GOP suspicion, new election rules
The Republican legislatures granted him this wish. At least eight GOP-controlled states have banned donations to election offices this year as Republicans try to block outside ... -
As Texas Democrats Consider Return, GOP Voting Bill Still Waits | Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Twenty-six days after refusing to return home, Texas Democrats who have now twice blocked a GOP ballot bill face a choice: whether ... -
Schumer insisted on funding for pandemic preparedness during meeting with advocate
Leader of pandemic preparedness advocacy group meets with Senate Majority Leader Charles SchumerChuck SchumerSusan Collins’ persistent bipartisanship clock Senate set to postpone vacation until it acts ... -
Pinedale roundup | Jackson’s Republican fundraiser sparks protest
JACKSON – At 73, Jorge Colon had never participated in a protest. That changed on Thursday, when he and a crowd of over 20 other people ... -
Now what? Texas Democrats have a very difficult choice to make
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the plan Thursday, keeping his promise not to allow Democrats to block election legislation. “I will continue to convene special session ... -
Statement by the Texas Democrats on the 56th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa made the following statement on the 56th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act: “On August 6, ... -
Welcome to a wild card job day
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Report sheds light on GOP ‘Millionaires Caucus’ set to benefit from obstruction of tax hikes on the rich
New analysis from government watch group Accountable.US reveals that two-thirds of GOP senators – and more than 40% of House Republicans – are millionaires who could ... -
We risk our lives for the right to vote
A year ago, the late Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis wrote a farewell essay just before his death: “Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can ... -
Letters: We must accelerate the eradication of COVID-19; Texas Democrats fled the state, shirked their homework; Beside the GOP, the criticism of the Democrats laughable
The COVID variants are more deadly. Miraculously, we have accelerated the emergency use of vaccines to help fight COVID-19. Vaccines are not 100% effective and we ... -
Pence defends Texas GOP voting bill and encourages COVID-19 vaccination in Houston – Houston Public Media
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks on Friday July 16, 2021 in Des Moines, Iowa. Pence came to Houston on Wednesday, where he urged people to ... -
Reviews | Why are Democrats celebrating Biden’s kickoff takeover?
Indeed, Biden’s work is celebrated as courageous and compassionate. What can he do as a follow-up? Suspend habeas corpus? Quarter of troops in people’s homes? The ... -
PAC backs Cheney’s challenger representative Chuck Gray, funded only by his father
Wyoming Rep. Chuck Gray (R-Casper) attends a Veterans Day ceremony at the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery on May 31, 2021. Gray is one of eight ... -
Goes. Republicans seek to end improved unemployment benefits and increase funding to prevent payroll tax hikes
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – In a long-running effort to change a multibillion-dollar spending program crafted by Democratic leaders, Republicans in the Virginia General Assembly are trying ... -
With COVID moving to stage 5, Abbott’s decree is a death warrant for Texans
AUSTIN, Texas – Over the weekend, Texas recorded grim statistics as the Delta variant continues to sweep communities across the state. Texas overtook New York on ... -
Texas Democrats announce new round of candidate training in partnership with Democratic National Training Committee
AUSTIN, Texas – Today, Texas Democrats are launching a new round of candidate trainings in partnership with the National Democratic Training Committee – another key step ... -
Georgia Democrats and Activists Bring Struggle for the Right to Vote to Washington
They are also urging Congress to move forward with a bill named after U.S. Representative John Lewis that would reinstate federal review of changes to election ... -
Texas teachers fear effects of “critical race theory” law
Critical Race Theory says racism is ingrained in American institutions – like education, government, and the media – and must be fought not only by punishing ... -
Democrats scramble for money to cover Biden’s $ 3.5 million plan
The architects of the package argue that, in many ways, the bill will eventually pay for itself by increasing tax revenue. This “dynamic scoring” strategy will ... -
ICYMI: Entire Houston Chronicle Editorial Board Condemns Abbott For Making $ 1 Million From February Power Outages
AUSTIN, Texas – Over the weekend, the Houston Chronicle slammed Gov. Greg Abbott for the biggest scandal in current Texas politics, posting a scathing editorial from ...
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