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March 2, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday recused himself from U.S. probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election, following backlash spurred by revelations surrounding his meetings with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the United States.

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Lawmakers calling for Sessions' resignation:

Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX)


March 1, 2017

DALLAS – President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night appears to have won over many uncertain Republicans in this state while Democrats said...


March 1, 2017

WASHINGTON – "Bold." "Vague." "Visionary." "A dark, dystopian nightmare." That's how members of Texas' congressional delegation described President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress as they left the Capitol Tuesday night.

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Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth was the congressman who called the speech a "dystopian nightmare," noting that Trump offered few firm details about what a replacement to the Affordable Care Act will look like.


March 1, 2017

DALLAS – President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night appears to have won over many uncertain Republicans in this state while Democrats said...


March 1, 2017

WASHINGTON — In possibly his most conventional political speech ever, President Donald Trump relayed a message of "unity and strength" as he laid out his vision for the country in speech before a joint session of Congress.

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U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat, took issue with comments Trump made about leveraging allies to pony up for common defense spending.


February 28, 2017

When President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress for the first time Tuesday night, he is expected to set out a wide-ranging agenda for his first term in office, including stronger immigration enforcement.

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Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas said Monday he is bringing a family of Syrian refugees to the nation's capital for the speech.


February 28, 2017

As was hinted might be the case late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice will no longer support the lawsuit filed by Dallas U.S. Representative Marc Veasey and several voting rights groups against the state of Texas' voter ID law.

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J. Gerald Hebert, an attorney who represents multiple plaintiffs in the case, including Veasey, blasted the Department of Justice Monday afternoon.


February 28, 2017

Members of the North Texas delegation in Congress are preparing to attend President Donald Trump's address Tuesday night.

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U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, has invited a North Texas Syrian refugee to attend the speech with him.

Tamam Al Sharaa and Bothina Matar came to North Texas with their two children in 2015.


February 28, 2017

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump used the grandest stage of the presidency Tuesday night to rally the public around a series of policy priorities that focused on the economy and security instead of the infighting that has plagued his young administration.

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February 28, 2017

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration has abandoned an Obama-era challenge to a 2011 Texas voter ID law that is among the toughest in the nation. Civil rights groups are still contesting the Texas law in federal court, but without the muscle of the federal government behind them.

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IS THIS CASE OVER?

Democratic U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey from Dallas and several civil rights groups say they will continue to challenge the law in court without the backing of the Trump administration.