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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and North Texas U.S. congressmen Eddie Bernice Johnson (D), Sam Johnson (R), Pete Sessions (R) and Marc Veasey (D) joined hundreds of aircraft manufacturing workers, local officials and business leaders at general aviation jobs rally held by GAMA on Friday at Bombardier's Dallas Service Center. The event also included remarks from leaders of GAMA member companies in Texas.
WASHINGTON - More than 6 million people have enrolled in the federal and state health exchanges, President Obama announced Thursday.
This means the administration has met its latest goal, as projected by the Congressional Budget Office, to ensure the insurance system is sustainable.
Obama made the announcement on a conference call with health care navigators and volunteers while he was traveling in Italy. He thanked them for their help.
House Democrats came together Wednesday to reignite the debate on immigration reform, introducing a discharge petition against the House Republican leadership, attempting to force Republicans to finally issue a vote on immigration.
U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius returned to North Texas Thursday to again urge residents to sign up for Obamacare before the March 31 deadline.
FORT WORTH — At a time when nearly one-quarter of all Texans lack health insurance, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius came to town Thursday to encourage residents to sign up before the March 31 deadline.
"Everything is bigger in Texas," she said during a news conference at Tarrant County College South Campus. "Unfortunately, the number of uninsured is bigger in Texas.
"Twenty-three percent of Texans have no health insurance at all."
WASHINGTON -- Nearly 200 members of the House have signed a letter putting pressure on President Barack Obama to sign an executive order providing workplace protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.
SANTA FE, N.M., March 14 -- The New Mexico Democratic Party issued the following news release:
Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) has introduced the Health Equity and Access under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2014, which would ensure that lawfully present immigrants have access to Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and tax credits provided through the Affordable Care Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, as the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) kicked off "Latino Week of Action," Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, addressed participants at LULAC's 17th Annual Legislative Conference to share the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and encourage a continued effort to help underinsured communities enroll by the March 31st deadline.
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act last June, justices left it to Congress to decide how to fix the law. But while Congress deliberates, activists are turning again to the courts: At least 10 lawsuits have the potential to bring states and some local jurisdictions back under federal oversight 2013 essentially doing an end-run around the Supreme Court's ruling.
Resource Center and Fairness Fort Worth reached out to Rep. Marc Veasey and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson to add LGBT-specific protections to Medicaid's Home and Community-Based Services programs for seniors. Veasey represents U.S. District House 33, and Johnson represents U.S. District House 30.