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Black lawmakers told their own stories. "I think it's really important", said USA Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth "I believe that it's long overdue, and I believe it's time we finally move on"
"Our hearts are absolutely broken" over the death of Kevin Sutherland. The Quorum Report has learned this afternoon that a young man who was murdered in DC this past week was a former staffer for the Democratic Lone Star Project.Kevin Sutherland often worked with Rep. Chris Turner, D-Arlington, and Rep. Marc Veasey.
In a letter dated June 23, a group of 35 Congressional Democrats wrote to Department of Homeland of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson urging him to change current detention policies for LGBT people. Included on the correspondence were the signatures of U.S. Reps.
His fellow House Democrat and former state House colleague, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey concurred, stating, "Though the fight for full LGBT equality in this country is far from over, today we celebrate that we are one giant step closer. Because love is love."
In a letter dated June 23, a group of 35 Congressional Democrats wrote to Department of Homeland of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson urging him to change current detention policies for LGBT people. Included on the correspondence were the signatures of U.S. Reps.
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, said, "Now that this ruling has been cemented in stone by the highest court of the land, it is my hope that House Republicans can finally move past their partisan obsession with obstructing and dismantling the Affordable Care Act
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, representing the 33rd Congressional District:
WASHINGTON — Texas GOP Rep. Michael Burgess and Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey don't usually vote the same way.
But the conservative Republican and liberal Democrat from North Texas were aligned this week as they both voted against a trade bill they oppose for very different reasons.
In the Dallas-Ft. Worth metro area, a new heavily Hispanic 33rd District is drawn while the 6th remains the court-mandated coalition district. The 30th is kept majority black. All three seats are heavily Democratic, and Rep. Marc Veasey likely runs in the 6th. This would allow Hispanic voters to reliably elect their preferred candidate in the 33rd, which is not the case under the current map despite Republican claims that it would do so.
Some districts have significantly more children, felons, and immigrants who are ineligible to vote, and this gives the voters in those districts more political clout. For example, while each district holds the same population, 70 percent of citizens in Lamar Smith's San Antonio district can vote, while only 44 percent of those in Marc Veasey's Fort Worth district are eligible. This means that, in a perfect election with 100 percent turnout, a vote in Veasey's district would carry more weight than one in Lamar's district.