The Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2018 would allow border counties to apply for federal grants to help identify bodies of undocumented immigrants.
Congress
Read the latest Texas Tribune coverage of Congress, from the state’s lawmakers in Washington to key legislation and political debates shaping Texas and the nation.
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Politics
Analysis: These Texas candidates are about to find out what they’ve really won!
The campaigns were long and hard, and now we know the winners. Let’s look at what they’re in for once they take office in 2019.
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Politics
U.S. Rep. Kay Granger tapped to be top Republican member of powerful Appropriations Committee
An influential GOP group voted Thursday to select Granger, the first Republican woman elected to Congress from Texas, to be the party’s ranking member on the budget-writing panel once Democrats take over control of the chamber.
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With Democrats taking over U.S. House, GOP-heavy Texas delegation could see more retirements
Some close watchers of the Texas congressional delegation expect a rash of retirements ahead of the 2020 elections, in part due to GOP members unhappy with their new minority status in the chamber.
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U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela signs letter opposing Nancy Pelosi as House speaker
The Texan joined 15 other members and members-elect in signing the letter, which has complicated Pelosi’s bid to return as House speaker.
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Texas Elections 2018
Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones concedes in close congressional race against Will Hurd
Almost two weeks have passed since the election, but Jones had been holding out hope and waiting to see all outstanding ballots counted.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke. Julián Castro. John Cornyn. 2020 already looms large in Texas.
Texas Democrats and Republicans are already gearing up for an action-packed election cycle.
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Congress
Pelosi’s fate up in the air as band of Democrats – including one Texan – push for new speaker
U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela of Brownsville is one of more than a dozen Democrats who claim they have the votes to deprive Nancy Pelosi of another term as House Speaker. They might be right.
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Politics
U.S. House GOP elects Kevin McCarthy as minority leader but some Texans backed Jim Jordan
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler and at least two incoming members of Congress — Chip Roy and Ron Wright — said they supported Jordan, who lost to McCarthy in a secret ballot vote, 159-43.
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Dan Crenshaw started the week as a punchline and ended it as a star. The real story came before that.
The incoming congressman from Houston has a life story and now a star turn on SNL that make him a rising star for the Republican Party.
