The two-time Democratic presidential candidate visited Central Texas and South Texas amid concerns that young and working-class voters are not mobilized enough for the midterm election.
Congress
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Texas 2022 Elections
Republican Mayra Flores rejected from all-Democratic Hispanic caucus
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus bylaws explicitly block Republicans from joining due to major policy differences between members in the past.
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Texas 2022 Elections
After suspending political donations post-insurrection, AT&T and Valero fund election-deniers in the midterms
AT&T and Valero were among a handful of political action committees that donated to candidates this cycle who have denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election results.
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Politics
On “The View,” Ted Cruz refuses to acknowledge that President Joe Biden was legitimately elected
On the show, the Texas Republican repeatedly redirected attention to Democrats who had previously bemoaned their own electoral losses.
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Uvalde school shooting
Uvalde schools get $442,000 from John Cornyn’s federal gun safety law
The gun safety law allocates $100 million for a Department of Justice grant program for school districts to invest in safety programs and technology. Twenty-eight Texas school districts were awarded grants through the program, totaling almost $8 million.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Beto O’Rourke championed bipartisanship in Congress. It wouldn’t be that easy as governor.
Democrats were in the minority the entire time O’Rourke was in Congress. He says that experience working across the aisle prepares him to be governor of a red state.
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Health care
Dallas, El Paso veterans’ facilities will get $442 million in upgrades
The funds will help expand the Dallas facility into a long-term spinal cord injury treatment center and pay for a new health care facility in El Paso.
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Politics
Essay: The education and disillusionment of a young Texas reporter in D.C.
I moved to Washington in 2006 to work for a senator. I left in 2022 in the prime of my journalism career. I had seen enough.
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Texas 2022 Elections
Texans make the case for why voting matters
The Texas Tribune spoke to Texans across the political spectrum and asked them to make their case for why voting matters this year. The deadline to register to vote was Oct. 11. Early voting runs from Oct. 24 to Nov. 4.
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Demographics
At Houston youth summit, young conservatives weary of GOP infighting
The event came as a younger, more diverse generation of Americans increasingly flocks to the left of the Democratic Party.