Monthly Archives: September 2021
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls on lawmakers to increase sentence for illegal voting
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with Texas’ most essential news. Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday called on ... -
Controversial Iron Dome vote masks GOP debt ceiling plot
There has been intense discussion about how a handful of Democratic members of Congress last week caused a delay on a vote to suspend the debt ... -
ICYMI Republicans in Texas hired out-of-state delineation officer to trick voters into denying them fair representation
AUSTIN, Texas – As Texas lawmakers work this session to redraw the state’s legislative and congressional maps to reflect a decade of population growth, Texans are ... -
Texas GOP-drawn redistribution maps appear ripe for defeat in court challenge, lawyer says
Click to enlarge Wikimedia Commons / Chmorich Republicans-controlled Texas Lege is developing new voting cards aimed at strengthening the party’s power in the state. The redistribution ... -
Why police are calling on Republicans to torpedo this Democratic bill
Republicans torpedoed Democrats’ efforts to pass a criminal justice reform bill last week, despite Democrats making huge concessions to involve them. A sign of how unreasonable ... -
Republican lawmaker Dan Crenshaw fined $ 5,000 for bypassing Pelosi’s metal detector
Republican Representative Dan Crenshaw was fined $ 5,000 for bypassing a metal detector installed after the January 6 riots on Capitol Hill. Clenshaw reportedly refused to ... -
Senate Democrats Target Supreme Court ‘Shadow Case’ After Texas Abortion Decision
President Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Speaks at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Texas Unconstitutional Abortion Ban and the Role of the Shadow Docket,” in the Hart ... -
2021 government shutdown and congressional negotiations: updates and live news
Minority Parliamentary Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, September 29. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP) Republican House leaders ... -
Protesters force postponement of NH vaccine awareness funding vote – NBC Boston
Angry opponents of the Biden administration’s new vaccine mandate forced the postponement of Wednesday’s Executive Council meeting, further delaying the vote on $ 27 million federal ... -
Texas Republicans slammed for not creating a single new Latin majority district
On Monday, September 27, Republicans in Texas came under fire for proposing a new congressional map that would give their party two new House seats but ...
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