Ryan said a draft of a compromise immigration bill that circulated on Capitol Hill late Thursday would end the practice of dividing families detained at the border.
Congress
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Criminal Justice
The Supreme Court struck down a Minnesota ban on political clothing in polling places. Texas has a similar law.
The high court’s ruling on a Minnesota state law is likely to reverberate in Texas, which has a similar law on the books. Neither state allows voters to wear political garments or accessories in their polling places.
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Politics
A third party trying to crash the Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz race is actually a for-profit corporation
Launched in March, the party bills itself as a movement aimed at toppling the two-party system controlling state politics, but it’s a for-profit company that got millions in start-up dollars from investors. Will its founder-turned-candidate get enough signatures to get on the ballot with Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke?
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Congress
U.S. House to vote next week on competing immigration bills
In a severe blow to moderates’ hopes of forcing action on an issue that has long bedeviled the GOP, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers fell two signatures short of completing a petition that would set up debate on legislation to shield young undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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Texas Elections 2018
Beto O’Rourke says he’s “very, very proud of my mom” after Ted Cruz brings up her tax fraud case
Cruz called O’Rourke a hypocrite for supporting taxing businesses for sales across state lines, pointing to a furniture store owned by O’Rourke’s mother that was found guilty in 2010 of tax law violations.
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Politics
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro wants to guarantee members of Congress access to immigrant detention centers
Castro said he plans to file legislation after U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Sunday was denied access to a Brownsville facility that is housing unaccompanied immigrant children.
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With help of two Texas holdouts, lawmakers on cusp of bypassing Paul Ryan and forcing vote on “Dreamers”
The two Texas border Democrats initially withheld their support from a bipartisan effort to force a vote on major immigration legislation. Another Texan, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, remains the lone holdout among House Democrats.
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Texas Elections 2018
In Texas, lawmakers have to live in their districts. But good luck proving it if they don’t.
The state law that defines residency requirements is hard to enforce.
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Texas Elections 2018
Ted Cruz leads Beto O’Rourke by 11 points in Senate race, new poll finds
The new poll comes about a month after the same firm called the race “too close to call.”
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Texas Elections 2018
Hispanic identity is already shaping the race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke
In the high-profile Senate race between incumbent Ted Cruz and challenger Beto O’Rourke, there are numerous ways in which their unique relationships with the Hispanic community have already intersected.
