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BERKELEY, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Two United Auto Worker locals announced today that 39 members of the House of Representatives have joined their effort to stop the Sequester, the disastrous budgeting policy that indiscriminately cuts billions ...
Two United Auto Worker locals announced today that 39 members of the House of Representatives have joined their effort to stop the Sequester, the disastrous budgeting …
What may come as a surprise is how a handful of pro-energy Democrats, especially those from Texas like Reps. Gene Green and Marc Veasey, vote. They're among a small group of Democrats who may vote against the bill despite being ardent supporters...
With options fast disappearing for an immigration overhaul this year, Democrats demanded Wednesday that Speaker John Boehner allow a vote on Democrat-backed legislation that provides a path to citizenship.
Boehner announced earlier today that he won't allow any such vote, leaving Democrats frustrated.
"We have Republican leaders in the House who don't want to be responsible and bring issues like this up," said Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth.
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, was among the welcoming crew for President Barack Obama last week, when Air Force One touched down at Love Field in Dallas.
He stood with Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, and others to greet the president.
"He was very happy to be back in Texas," said Veasey, who noted he was pleased the president came to tout the healthcare program. "And he said he loves coming to Dallas because Mike is the mayor here."
It wasn't your typical Monday outside the Bataan Community Center in West Dallas. A disc jokey turned out Tejano and oldies music. Grill masters kept the burgers and hot dogs coming. Men in uniform walked about.
A gathering of 75 or so people, children to seniors, saw a presentation of the colors by the Pinkston High School ROTC. They heard an accordian player deliver the national anthem, a singer belt outAmerica the Beautiful and a band pick up a party tempo.
Old soldiers and young recruits gathered in the shadow of Dallas City Hall on Monday to honor veterans of the Vietnam War and to memorialize those who never made it home. U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson of Plano was one of those who almost didn't make it out of Southeast Asia.
In West Dallas, about 75 people stood outside the Bataan Community Center for an afternoon of food, music and recognition.
"We want to thank you and continue to thank you," City Council member Monica Alonzo told the veterans standing and seated among the crowd.
Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) hosted a Senior Issues Forum in Fort Worth on Nov. 1, 2013 to address topics such as government benefits, fitness for seniors, and fraud prevention. Senior Citizens Services of Tarrant County and other state and federal agencies joined the Congressman in Fort Worth for this event, including the: Texas AgriLife Extension, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the Social Security Administration and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
Today, billions of dollars of cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will go into effect. They are the result of the expiration of a temporary increase in funding for SNAP that went into effect as part of the stimulus package in 2009. The expanded SNAP budget was set to automatically expire on November 1. Thanks to Congressional inaction, the cuts went into effect and SNAP will lose $5 billion over the next year.
Texas Democrats are railing against automatic reductions in food stamps triggered by expiration of 2009 Recovery Act funds.
The stimulus funds ran out at midnight last night. The average family of four receiving benefits will see their food aid drop by $36 a month because of the reduction, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Those cuts continue to be controversial as a Congressional conference committee negotiates the long-delayed farm bill.