Tag: Washington D.C.
House Speaker demands Democrats return to Texas, offers free plane ride home
By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune
The push to bring fugitive Texas Democrats back to Austin could be reaching new heights.
House Speaker Dade Phelan on...
Texas Democrats’ decampment has echoes of 2003 redistricting fight
By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
The year was 2003, and the cramped Speaker’s Committee Room next to the Texas House floor was overflowing...
Time on their side, Texas GOP waits for Democrats to return
By PAUL J. WEBER, ACACIA CORONADO and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — On Day 3 of Texas Democrats hunkering down in Washington...
Texas Dems receive financial help from Beto O’Rourke, Willie Nelson
Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – With financial help from the likes of Willie Nelson and Beto O'Rourke, and moral support from...
EXPLAINER: Why are Texas Democrats camped out in Washington?
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press
Texas statehouse Democrats are camping out in Washington to try and block the GOP's sweeping elections overhaul bill that makes...
Pressured by allies, Biden escalates fight for voting rights
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, BRIAN SLODYSKO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden aimed to lay out the "moral case" for voting...
Most Texas Republicans vote against commission to investigate Jan. 6 insurrection
By Abby Livingston | The Texas Tribune
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House approved the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the causes of and...
Texas rep. joins Capitol Hill riot lawsuit against Trump, Proud Boys
Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, joined a federal lawsuit Wednesday accusing Donald Trump of inciting the...
Car rams into police at Capitol barricade; officer killed
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the...
Biden taps retired judge; Vela to direct White House fellowships
Joe Biden has named Brownsville attorney and retired judge Rose Vela director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.
The White House announced the...
