Today, Tuesday, June 25, the Senate is set to vote on SB5, Governor Perry’s anti-choice, anti-women legislation.   Senator Wendy Davis of Forth Worth is there to block it, and outlast the end of the Special Legislative session, which is

By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, June 21, 4:03 PM AUSTIN, Texas — Texas took a major step toward enacting tough new abortion restrictions on Friday, after a lawmaker cut short an 11-hour attempt to stage a “citizen’s filibuster.” Hundreds of people were

  Something astounding happened last night. History was made in the Texas State House Yesterday. Hundreds of Texans stood up to Governor Perry’s extreme anti-women agenda. They said “NO” to the Texas Republican Party’s War on Women.   They said “NO” to playing

WOW Dems, formerly Texas Democratic Women of Collin County, invite you to there Movie night and Discussion…details below Join us for movie night, June 27, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. for a screening of the award-winning documentary The Invisible War at

Think Progress By Igor Volsky  on May 27, 2013 1.5 million low-income Texans may go without health care coverage after lawmakers in the state voted against expanding Medicaid using $100 billion in federal funds offered under President Obama’s health care

We want to get as many people as we can telling Eric Cantor and House Republicans to stop trying to dismantle Obamacare. ADD YOUR NAME: http://dccc.org/Obamacare

Maine legislature votes to overturn Citizens United http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/06/1207338/-Maine-legislature-votes-to-overturn-Citizens-nbsp-United   Maine became the 13th state in the nation to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Twenty-five House Republicans

We can’t solve our country’s budget problems with a meat-ax. Sequestration isn’t just dumb, it’s dangerous and irresponsible. Blunt, across the board cuts are hurting our children, our seniors, our veterans – the people who need our help the most.

Saturday, April 27, 2013 Weekly Address: Time to Replace the Sequester with a Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction. President Obama says that because Republicans in Congress allowed a series of harmful, automatic budget cuts—called the sequester—to take effect, important programs like Head Start are now

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755883/ns/msnbc-the_last_word/vp/51500632#51500824  

Congressmen Joaquin Castro and Lloyd Doggett, Mayor Julian Castro and nearly two dozen state and local lawmakers joined together to tell Governor Perry to do the right thing and expand Medicaid. Stand behind our Democratic leadership and sign this petition of support.

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