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Area voters heading to the polls this week for a tax ratification election need to bring something extra with them: a photo ID.
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, disagrees and has been among those fighting these requirements.
“It's a sad fact that year after year, minorities in Texas are shown over and over again that we cannot depend on Abbott to protect our voting rights,” he said. “And again, he is also spending the dollars of hardworking taxpayers to implement and wage court battles to uphold this discriminatory law.
DALLAS, TX –Texas Organizing Project (TOP), and North Texas Immigration Coalition (NTIC) will host an immigration reform town hall meeting with special guest Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) this Saturday, Aug. 31 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Grace Fellowship in Christ Jesus Church, located at 411 S. Westmoreland Rd. in Oak Cliff. The town hall is free and open to the public.
U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey of Fort Worth, the only Democrat in the Tarrant County delegation, has called on the Justice Department to drop its opposition to the merger. “American Airlines has been able to recover and regroup,” Veasey said. “But for the long-term viability of the carrier, the merger is not only necessary, but will be good for consumers as well as D-FW jobs and the local economy.”
Unless a federal judge intervenes, the South Texas city of Edinburg could be the first to enforce a new voter ID law next week. And lawyers will likely use the special election to gather evidence to strengthen lawsuits to block it in the future…
DALLAS/FORT WORTH, TX - U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX) issued the following statement today in response to Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice will file suit against the state of Texas ruling that the state’s strict voter I.D. legislation is in direct violation of Section 2 in the Voting Rights Act:
The Dallas County Commissioners Court voted to join U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey in a lawsuit urging a federal district court to issue an injunction against the voter ID law. The law requires voters to present one of seven forms of state or federal identification or a so-called election identification certificate, which can be obtained from the state's Department of Public Safety.
A fight against the state's contentious voter ID laws escalated this week when Dallas County became the first Texas county to claim that the requirements would disenfranchise thousands of eligible voters.
The Voter ID battle is heating up, and now, it appears that Dallas County is jumping into the fray.
In June, we reported that Congressman Marc Veasey filed a lawsuit in federal district court to stop Texas' Voter ID law from going into effect. Texas had passed an onerous Voter ID law during the 2011 legislative session. Efforts to stop the law had been successful as the law could not be precleared under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
DALLAS, TX – Today, August 19th, Representative Marc Veasey (TX-33) and Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) will participate as special guests in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Health Braintrust’s “Making Good Health MY Reality” tour.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, will participate in a Congressional Delegation Seminar to Israel to learn more about issues critical to the U.S.-Israel relationship and international security.
Congressman Veasey and 36 other Members of Congress will spend the week traveling across Israel and the West Bank. House Democratic Whip, Congressman Steny Hoyer, will serve as the senior Member of the group traveling across the region from August 5 to 11.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX —On Friday, July 26, Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) will host a small business forum with Metroplex small business owners, local chambers, and other stakeholders to connect them with the resources that help small business owners on the path to becoming certified for set-aside and sole source contracts with federal agencies.