The state said hours after the Supreme Court’s ruling that its voter ID law “will go into immediate effect,” and signaled that it plans to revive a partisan redistricting plan. Both were found to have intentionally discriminated against minority voters,
This morning the United States Supreme Court announced their decision in Shelby County v Holder, a critical case in the fight for voting rights. The court did not address Section 5, the preclearance provision, but strikes down Section 4, the
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
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