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Washington, D.C. —Congressman Veasey, TX-33, member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), offered five amendments that passed during markup of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2016. Notably, Veasey's amendment to evaluate how recent Executive Actions regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program and prosecutorial discretion for undocumented immigrants currently residing in the U.S. impacts our nation's military readiness if these individuals are made eligible for enlistment, passed by an overwhelming bipartisan vote.
The amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act -- one from Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), the other from Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) -- are fairly small in scope. Neither would actually change the law to allow more Dreamers to join the military.
The committee voted 34 to 29 to approve Veasey's amendment, which would ask the Defense Department to evaluate how DACA and other deferred action programs would affect military recruiting efforts.
The law was subsequently blocked as racially discriminatory under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act in 2012, right until the U.S. Supreme Court declared Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional in 2013, allowing the law to go back into effect.
DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX –El lunes, 27 de abril, el Congresista Marc Veasey nombró a Paola Rivera, estudiante de Segundo año en la Academia de bellas artes de Grand Prairie, estudiante ganadora de la competición de arte del Congreso por el Distrito 33º. La obra ganadora de Rivera, "Marco," será colgada para su exposición en los pasillos del Capitolio de los Estados Unidos durante un año.
Opponents claim the Texas law violates the federal Voting Rights Act and is an attempt to cut into the electoral strength of the state's growing minority population — people less likely to have photo identification or the means to obtain a certificate for the election.
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
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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.