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WASHINGTON - Donald Trump assumed the presidency by winning blue-collar states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and congressional Democrats are fighting to regain their former base.
To fight back against Trump's gains, Fort Worth Democratic Rep. Marc Veasey and Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle officially launched the Blue Collar Caucus in Congress this week, complete with a bevy of floor speeches highlighting economic issues Trump capitalized on to win in November.
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon officer in charge of the F-35 Stealth fighter jet program confirmed Thursday that the chief executive of Boeing was listening in on the line when then-President-elect Donald Trump called him in January to discuss the program's costs.
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To Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, Hewson's generous statement was a smart move.
"[Trump] has the sort of ego that needs to be fed, and I think that was probably enough to keep him satisfied for right now," Veasey said.
The Alzheimer's Association North Central Texas Chapter is hosting its annual African American Seminar on Saturday Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tarrant County College South Campus Student Center with an appearance from U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey and Commissioner Roy Brooks.
Hispanic entrepreneurs are a powerful engine of growth in the American economy. Their continued success is important not only to the vibrant, growing Hispanic American community, but to the prosperity of the entire nation.
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In the last Congress, Representatives Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Marc Veasey (D-Texas) introduced the Anti-Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act, which provided a sanctioned definition of pyramid schemes based on existing case law and the model legislation enacted in 18 states.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, will hold a panel discussion in observation of Black History Month entitled, "Closing the Gap: African Americans in Energy." The panel will discuss the challenges and opportunities for African Americans in the energy sector. Additionally, the discussion seeks to educate Members, staffers, stakeholders and students pursuing STEM degrees or jobs in the energy industry, examine current energy policy issues and offer an outlook for the 115th Congress.
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Lockheed Martin's deal to sell a new round of F-35s at a reduced cost to the Pentagon had little to do with President Donald Trump despite the commander in chief's boasts to the...
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"Some people call it alternative facts, I call it just flat-out exaggeration," said Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat who supports the F-35 program.
Cody Edwards thought he had landed his dream job. The Irving man was so excited to move to Port Aransas on New Year's Eve with his pregnant wife to start a new job at the Padre Island National Seashore, also known as PINS, on Jan. 8.
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He reached out to members of Congress, including the office of U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, which contacted several people, especially a National Park Service legislative liaison who helped Edwards regain his job as a visitor use assistant at PINS.
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WASHINGTON — When Christin Davis, an acting instructor in Austin, decided to contact her senators for the first time, she was excited and nervous. She wrote out a script for her message, opposing President Donald Trump's executive order banning Syrian refugees, on a note card so she wouldn't make any mistakes.
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Rep. Brendan Boyle thinks all the Republicans who are telling him privately that the new White House is "absolutely crazy, and that [Donald] Trump doesn't know what he's doing" should be ashamed of themselves for not saying it publicly.
Rep. Marc Veasey says "there's high-profile Republicans that you talk to on the House floor, in committee, and if you even bring up the president's name, they just roll their eyes."
On Friday evening, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States and halting the country's acceptance of refugees.
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Most of Texas's Democratic representatives in congress also opposed the ban, including Henry Cuellar, Lloyd Doggett, Al Green, Gene Green, Sheila Jackson Lee, Bernice Johnson, Beto O'Rourke, Marc Veasey, Filemon Vela, and Joaquin Castro.