Policy
Texas lawmaker introduces bill to slap sanctions on polluting foreign corporations
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-El Paso) introduced legislation this week that would allow Washington to impose financial sanctions on foreign businesses ...Abbott gives Texas another black eye by refusing refugees
Texans aren’t mean-spirited, but you’d never know that with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in charge. Last week, the governor announced ...Texas GOP pretends Trump’s dangerous brinkmanship game made Americans safer
Both Americans and Iranians can sleep a little more peacefully tonight. In a morning address on Wednesday, Donald Trump condemned ...Republicans have been pushing for war with Iran for years
On Tuesday night, Iran fired a dozen ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq. Early assessments indicate no Americans were ...Dems sue state for rejecting electronic signatures on voter forms
The state’s Democratic party and two high-impact national groups are suing the Texas Secretary of State for rejecting electronic signatures ...The Texas GOP spent the past two decades building a firearm-obsessed state. No one is ...
After a string of deadly back-to-back mass shootings in recent years, Texas Republicans continued their argument —give guns to more ...Civil rights group threatens Texas with lawsuit over violation of voter laws
The Texas Civil Rights Project has sent a cease and desist letter to Texas officials, warning them to stop violating ...GOP’s values are the only thing stopping them from ending Texas homelessness
Gov. Greg Abbott has picked a very public fight with the City of Austin over its homelessness problem– and it’s ...Federal appeals court strikes down Obamacare individual mandate
A federal appeals court voided the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday. “The individual mandate is ...Texas Dems pressure Cruz, Cornyn to defy Big Pharma and pass lower drug prices bill
Democrats from Texas’ congressional delegation are calling on Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to consider a sweeping drug prices ...Godspeed: Congress is trying to save Texas from its own worst impulses on voter suppression
The Democratic-led House recently passed a critical voting rights bill that aims to rein in voter suppression in states with ...After railing on Democrats for not passing trade agreement, John Cornyn himself is having second ...
On Tuesday, House Democrats made a deal with President Trump to move forward on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a ...
