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Texas Congressmen Introduce Legislation to Block ‘Remain In Texas’ Policy
The legislation would prohibit U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from enforcing the proposed policy.
Illegal Immigration Costs American Taxpayers Nearly Half a Trillion
A new report reveals that taxpayers are losing around $451 billion per year to the border crisis.
Pat Fallon Reverses Course, Will Run for Re-Election in Congress
Fallon had already earned the endorsement of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick for his planned return to the Texas Senate.
Tony Gonzales On His Push to Impeach Alejandro Mayorkas
The Republican lawmaker faces multiple primary challenges after being censured earlier this year.
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Democrats Target Texas Elections for Federal Takeover
In a calculated bid to put Texas elections under federal control, congressional Democrats traveled to Brownsville Monday looking to create a case that the state is so riddled with racial discrimination it can’t be trusted to enact voting laws without approval from...
Commentary: Polling on the Democrats
The Emerson College Polling Institute and Monmouth University just released two presidential polls, the former of Iowa voters, the latter, a national study. The Emerson poll (1/30-2/2; 831 IA registered voters; 260 IA likely Democratic caucus attenders) finds former...
Commentary: The Underlying Numbers
In the last couple of days, the new Morning Consult American electorate tracking poll (1/18-22; 1,996 US registered voters; 35% self-identified Democrats; 33% Independent; 32% Republican) captured media attention because it released a national Democratic presidential...
Democrats Plan To Target Six Texas GOP Congressional Seats
On Monday the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee listed six Texas congressional seats held by Republicans as part of their “aggressive effort” to expand their party’s majority in the U.S. House. The overall plan has the DCCC challenging 33 GOP...
Shelia Jackson Lee to Resign from Leadership Posts in Wake of Sexual Assault Scandal
U.S. Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-Houston) announced she will resign from her position as the head of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation amid allegations she fired a staffer who accused a CBC aide of sexual assault. According to reports, Jackson Lee informed CBC...
Commentary: Trump Is Right, Congress Needs to Do Its Job
As the partial government shutdown enters its third week with little hope of an end in sight, President Trump continues to demand funding for a southern border wall. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) flat out refuses to pass any funding at all. In the Senate,...
Paxton Fights to Protect Second Amendment
Over a decade ago the U.S. Supreme Court formally acknowledged the individual right to bear arms in Heller v. District of Columbia, but little ground has been gained by gun rights activists since the landmark decision. Lacking further guidance from the Supreme Court,...
Hurd Again Joins With Democrats to Oppose President
Democrats yet again offered legislation to end the partial shutdown of the federal government without providing the border security money requested by the president. And, yet again, Texas’ Will Hurd was one of a handful of Republicans to stand with Democrat Speaker...
Commentary: Potential Candidates Making Moves
January promised to be an active month on the budding presidential campaign front, and we are already seeing movement in that regard. Below is a synopsis of the latest activities from major and not-so-major potential national candidates. Today, billionaire Tom Steyer...