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Washington, D.C.— Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, led the Texas Democratic Delegation letter to Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services' (CMS) Acting Administrator Andrew Slavitt urging the agency to intervene and protect Medicaid beneficiaries' ability to receive care from Planned Parenthood centers in Texas. Recently, Governor Abbott's administration announced their intention to ban Planned Parenthood from participating in the state's Medicaid program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, a long-term funding bill for the 2016 Fiscal Year:
Dallas, TX – On Monday, December 21, 2015, Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, will be prepping a Dallas institution for the busy holiday season during his December ‘Marc Means Business' workday at Dallas Tortilla & Tamale Factory. Veasey will be rolling up his sleeves to help make the Mexican holiday staple by learning to make tamales and tortillas, packing and sealing tamales, tostadas, and chips for distribution, and manning the cash register.
Another Texas Democrat co-sponsors Stefanik "Year Round Pell" legislation
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, on Thursday, co-sponsored legislation Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Willsboro, introduced to reinstate the federal "Year Round Pell" program to provide supplemental Pell grants for summer semester, according to the Library of Congress government information website.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after voting in favor of the Senate Amendments to H. R. 2250, a short term Continuing Resolution to fund government operations until December 16, 2015:
Fort Worth To Host Democratic Party State Convention
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) Fort Worth will be the host city for the Texas Democratic Party State Convention in 2018.
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Delegation leaders also received a letter of support from U.S. Representative Marc Veasey (D-Fort Worth) and the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, released the following statement after joining House Democrats' discharge petition to force a vote on the ‘Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists' Act:
Supreme Court taking up Texas politics case
In a Texas case challenging the traditional view of “one person, one vote,” the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on the way states and localities draw district lines.
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The prospect of lines drawn that would discount large Latino populations has upended Democratic lawmakers.
Feds investigating ex-school district of student in clock incident
The Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into charges of harassment and possible religious discrimination in the school district where 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was handcuffed after bringing a clock to school in September.
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