Twitter profiles of the Texas congressional delegation
Welcome to Texas on the Potomac’s feature profiling the social media usage of every member of the Texas congressional delegation. Here’s a roundup of all 36 congressional district representatives and...
View ArticleInteractive graphic: Jackson Lee, Gohmert biggest talkers in Texas delegation
The Texas delegation has three of the biggest talkers in the entire House of Representatives: Louie Gohmert of Tyler, Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston and Ted Poe of Humble. But what about everyone else?...
View ArticleInteractive graphic: Gene Green, Henry Cuellar, Louie Gohmert lead small pack...
Where have you gone, Ron Paul? Without the unpredictable libertarian from Lake Jackson in Washington, there are woefully few mavericks — particularly Republicans — in the Texas congressional...
View ArticleInteractive graphic: Texas lawmakers complain about domestic spying, but most...
A lot of Republicans in the Texas delegation are griping today about the NSA’s domestic surveillance program. But over the past decade — in a series of five votes — very few current GOP members of the...
View Article22-0!!! Texas-led Republican team trounced in annual congressional baseball game
After months of morning practices, the Democrats pulverized the Republicans, 22-0, in the 52nd annual charity game at Nationals Park and cementing a five-year winning streak. “We didn’t mean to be...
View ArticleFood stamp cuts sharply divide Texas congressional delegation
The House of Representatives will begin whittling down the 103 amendments to the farm bill Wednesday, likely triggering a fiery debate on the $20.5 billion proposed cuts to the food stamp program.
View ArticleTexas Republicans belatedly chide Supreme Court on same-sex marriage;...
For more than two and a half hours, there was an eerie silence from Texas Republicans on the issue of same-sex marriage. The party of “traditional family values” watched and waited as Democrats cheered...
View ArticleAll Texas Republicans back farm bill that includes no spending for food,...
Democrats have repeatedly tried to delay the farm bill – the first in decades not to include food stamp funding – after it cleared a procedural vote Thursday along partisan lines.
View ArticleTexas lawmakers are key players in Syria debate
Members of key committees - most of which include multiple Texas representatives - will continue to meet and receive briefings from top secretary officials in six days before the official end of August...
View ArticleEthics committee won’t investigate Al Green, other Congressmen arrested at...
The committee required a $50 fine for "collateral payment" for Texas Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, and the seven other Democratic Congressmen who were arrested, but the charges will be dropped.
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