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DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX – On Monday, April 27, Congressman Marc Veasey named Paola Rivera, sophomore from Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, as the winning student for the 33rd District's Congressional Art Competition. Rivera's winning entry, "Marco," will hang on display in the halls of the U.S. Capitol for a year.
KERA Live Production Rundown – Think/Anything – Week of 4/27/15
This week, Think broadcasts from NPR Headquarters in Washington D.C.
Tuesday, 4/28 – Think
Hour 1: Scott Simon's relaxed delivery signals to millions of NPR listeners that the weekend is finally here. This hour, we'll talk to the Weekend Edition Saturday host about his new memoir, Unforgettable: A Mother's Final Days – And the Lessons that Last a Lifetime (Flatiron Books).
The case is Marc Veasey, et al., Texas Association of Hispanic County Judges and County Commissioners v. Greg Abbott et al. (cause no. 14-41127). Breitbart Texas reported that on October 11, 2014, U. S. District Court Judge Nelva Gonzalez Ramos, a President Obama appointee, issued a permanent injunction requiring Texas to return to enforcing the in-person voter identification requirements that existed before Senate Bill 14 became law.
DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX — U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement today as the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will consider whether to uphold a lower-court decision on the Texas Voter ID law.
DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX — El Congresista federal Marc Veasey, TX-33, ha hecho pública hoy la siguiente declaración al considerar la corte de apelación del quinto circuito si ratifica o no la decisión de un tribunal inferior acerca de la ley de identificación de votantes de Texas.
Plaintiff's lawyers, meanwhile, say they are optimistic.
The panel of judges will have to decide if Ramos was "clearly wrong" in her ruling, and that could be a hard decision for any appellate court, said Myrna Pérez, director of Voting Rights and Elections Project at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. "There was a very strong record in this case."
Meanwhile, Jennifer Stewart, an African-American lobbyist on the Congressional Black Caucus Institute board, was assigned to work with Marc Veasey, Democrat of Texas, who is also black. She personally appealed to Mr.
Washington, D.C.—Hoy, Jueves 23 de abril de 2015, el Congresista Marc Veasey, TX-33, ha re-introducido H.R. 2000, la Bridge to Manufacturing Jobs Act que abordaría las actuales brechas de habilidades que existen hoy en América.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Thursday, April 23, 2015, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, re-introduced H.R. 2000, The Bridge to Manufacturing Jobs Act that would address the current skills gap that exists in America today.