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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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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.
In the 114th Congress (2015-16), the Texas delegation's roll-call voting behavior once again demonstrated that Texas Republicans are, on average, notably more conservative than their fellow congressional Republicans.
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Ten of the 11 Texas Democrats had Lib-Con Scores to the right of the median national U.S. House Democrat, including five in the Democratic delegation's most conservative quartile: Cuellar, Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville, Gene Green, D-Houston, Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth and Rubén Hinojosa, D-Edinburg.
HOUSTON — The Justice Department on Monday dropped a crucial objection to Texas' strict voter-identification law, signaling a significant change from the Obama administration on voting-rights issues.
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The first weeks of Donald Trump's administration saw widespread protests after the president announced a temporary ban on immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries.
Now Fort Worth Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey is bringing a family of Dallas-area Syrian refugees to Washington in a show of defiance toward the president and his proposed executive order.
Tamam Al Sharaa and Bothina Matar brought their family to the United States in 2015 after enduring the chaos in Syria, and they will attend Trump's address to a joint session of Congress as guests of Veasey on Tuesday.
HOUSTON — The Justice Department on Monday dropped a crucial objection to Texas' strict voter-identification law, signaling a significant change from the Obama administration on voting-rights issues.
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It took Sil Ganzo a moment to grasp what Rep. Alma Adams was saying. Ganzo, founder and executive director of ourBRIDGE for kids, thought that Adams' telephone call was an inquiry to learn more about the organization that provides an after-school program a welcoming environment to immigrant and refugee children from around the globe.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump will support Texas officials' claim that the state's voter identification law did not specifically target minority voters, retreating from the federal government's previous stance that state lawmakers intentionally discriminated when crafting the law.
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DALLAS - Melissa Thrailkill witnessed Republicans in Texas win the messaging battle — and elections — for years by using immigration as a unifying issue for the party's base.
She said it's now time for Democrats to unify around a single issue that evokes strong emotion and turnout in midterm elections.
And in Texas that issue is voter ID.
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Thrailkill and fellow Democratic precinct chairwoman Rebecca Carter were on hand for a "coffee with your congressman" event with Fort Worth Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey on Friday morning in Dallas.