Texas members of Congress are playing an integral role in drafting final provisions in the deal. Some Republicans don’t think the House will get to vote on it this year.
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With a lame-duck speaker, Texas House confronts the work of the interim
For the next 14 months, the powerful committee chairs who called for House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to step down will be asked to carry out his will — and every decision the speaker makes will be viewed in the shadow of demise.
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Demographics
Donald Trump compared his impeachment to lynching. Texans in Congress respond: “How dare you?”
The White House insisted Trump wasn’t equating the impeachment probe to “one of our darkest moments in American history,” but Democrats said the president was “weaponizing hate.”
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Top Texas House Republicans say they can no longer support Speaker Dennis Bonnen
In the biggest blow yet to the House leader’s political future, five fellow Republicans said they can’t back him moving forward. Their statement comes days after the House GOP caucus condemned Bonnen.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Donald Trump fans in Dallas say the president just “gets” them
Their support for the president is steeped in two main beliefs: He’s done exactly “what he said he’d do,” and his remarks toward Democrats and people of color matched what they said and believed.
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Could Texas Democrats influence Dennis Bonnen’s fate? The minority party is mulling what to do next.
Of the 17 House members who have called for Bonnen to step down, only four are Democrats.
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Broken Border
She fled a violent Honduran gang to seek asylum in Texas. Now she might be deported because she didn’t file paperwork in Mexico.
The Trump administration’s policy to deny asylum to migrants who didn’t seek protections elsewhere is now being enforced. Immigration attorneys warn the new rule could forever diminish U.S. asylum policy.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Here’s how the top Democratic presidential candidates are faring in the race for Texas donors
Unsurprisingly, Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke are getting more money here than from any other state. But other candidates are playing in Texas, too.
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Texas 2020 Elections
Unfettered by impeachment inquiry, Trump energizes Dallas crowd as O’Rourke holds counter-rally
Both men also shared their respective spotlights with Texas politicians seeking offices down next year’s ballot.
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Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry tells Donald Trump he will resign as energy secretary
The president, visiting Dallas, said he already has a replacement in mind. Perry’s resignation comes amid increasing scrutiny of his role in the administration’s communications with Ukraine.