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TxPotomac’s Congress-tracker: South Texas & SW Texas lawmakers
You may have liked our map for tracking for Houston-area representatives, but felt left out being from San Antonio or the Rio Grande valley. We have not forgotten about you. Powered by Tableau...
View ArticleChanging the definition of “border security” could be key to immigration...
Replacing "operational control" with a "border condition index" could ease path to immigration reform
View ArticleDisabled Veterans underscore need to reduce claims backlog
For an hour, at least, members of the House and Senate reached across the aisle and worked together Tuesday — a sight that seems to be nearly extinct in today’s political climate — in the name of...
View ArticleTexas Democratic lawmakers express deep concerns for sequestration impacts to...
A group of eight Democratic lawmakers from Texas sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner asking for a bipartisan conversation that would alleviate the sequester cuts that jeopardize thousands of Texas...
View ArticleRep. Beto O’Rourke demands answers for Texas veterans on VA backlog woes
A congressional committee held a contentious two-hour hearing today to tackle one of the most pressing issues facing American veterans — the persistent backlog in vets’ claims that are awaiting a...
View ArticleInteractive graphic: How Texas lawmakers voted on each budget plan
Interactive graphic by Arlind Maurer Texas House Members Vote on Budget Proposals | Infographics For complete coverage of the budget debate: >>> Texas Republicans unite behind Ryan budget...
View ArticleTexas congressional Democrats ask Perry to reconsider his opposition to...
A united Texas Democratic congressional delegation sent a letter to Gov. Rick Perry this week asking him to reconsider his refusal to accept funding from the federal government to expand Medicaid....
View ArticleBorder congressmen applaud Mexico’s release of water but push for more
Texas’ five border congressmen are applauding Mexico’s release of water to drought-stricken Texas communities and say they hope to push for more coordination between the two countries. “While we’re...
View ArticleTexas delegation votes 27-9 to enact controversial cyber security bill;...
The Texas delegation showed an overwhelming supported for the passage of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) passed in the House. The House passed the controversial bill 288-127,...
View ArticleTwitter 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 ArticleTwitter Profile: Rep. Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke)
Welcome to Texas on the Potomac’s feature profiling the social media usage of every member of the Texas congressional delegation. Today, we analyze the tweets of Rep. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso....
View ArticleTexas Democrats seek to block expansion of U.S.-Mexico border fence
Three Texas Democrats spoke on the House floor on Wednesday to fight against expanding the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.
View ArticleSenate poised to pass immigration reform as border-district congressmen...
Though the comprehensive immigration reform bill set to pass the Senate this afternoon now boasts $50 million-worth of beefed up border security measures, congressmen representing Texas border...
View ArticleRep. Filemon Vela quits Congressional Hispanic Caucus to protest lawmakers’...
“Erecting more border fence drives a wedge between border communities which are culturally united,” Rep. Filemon Vela said.
View ArticleRep. Beto O’Rourke: Border security provisions of immigration bill are...
Rep. Beto O'Rourke: "Throwing another $46 billion in taxpayer dollars toward so-called border security, including more walls and untested technology and doubling the size of the Border Patrol, will...
View ArticleNapolitano’s resignation prompts Texas Republicans to blast Obama border...
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Friday that she would be resigning from her post to become president of the University of California. “While Secretary Napolitano and I have...
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