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4 Feb 2024, 5:57 pm by Bruce Ackerman
This involved a Texas statute, authorizing the state’s Democratic Party to determine its own membership. [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 5:05 am
Archived Texas House chamber broadcasts are linked here.Thank you to the 116 members who opposed HB 855, on behalf of this blog and really the entire state of Texas.UPDATE: See more from Inside the Texas Capitol, from Postcards from the Lege, the Texas Observer blog, Rep. [read post]
8 Nov 2020, 7:03 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In San Antonio, advocates have launched a petition drive to remove SAPD from the state civil service code, and the city council has included police reform on its legislative agenda.The remnants of Republican #cjreformMeanwhile, to the surprise of #cjreform advocates and police-union leaders alike, the latest Texas Republican Party platform included provisions opposing police brutality, limiting "no-knock" raids, supporting "independent review"… [read post]
3 Apr 2018, 1:48 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
And on the Republican side, the Young Republican Federation of Texas endorsed our entire agenda and encouraged their members to champion #cjreform resolutions in their own local conventions. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 10:57 am
As a result, Harris County Republican leaders pressured Rosenthal to remove his name from the party's March 4 primary ballot, which he did on Jan. 2. [read post]
1 Oct 2011, 5:21 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas' Republican U.S. senators and the Texas House Democratic Congressional Delegation fought over which party should have the White House's ear when suggesting candidates for the posts. [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 3:08 pm
They also blast the Republican Party as a relic of the past and as a racist, sexist, and homophobic organization that only attracts white, male, and older voters.After the "historic" battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the Democratic Party has given the country its first black president. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 3:50 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A couple of bizarre developments on the electoral front:First, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Larry Meyers has changed parties and announced he's running for the Texas Supreme Court as a Democrat. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 9:01 pm by John Dean
Currently, impeachment has become the weapon of choice by Tea Party and other hard-right Republicans. [read post]
20 Oct 2020, 9:51 am by John Floyd
  But peace in the Republican law-and-order party was not to be. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 7:24 am by Lovechilde
(Wilson, you may remember, lost that year’s election, and California’s Republican Party has never recovered.) [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 10:52 pm
In some states, 85% of drug arrests are made by Tulia-style drug task forces, predominantly in black communities.Perhaps the nationwide airing of the Tulia, Texas documentary on PBS next month will give momentum to those in Washington who want to reach across the aisle to do something positive about which both parties could be proud. [read post]
22 Jun 2007, 6:19 pm
Nor did the Republican political establishment care a whit about the inadequacy of Bush's record as Governor of Texas, nor about the fact that he had been a continuous failure in business - - and thus had never demonstrated competence.When asked whether America needs a third party because currently it has "only one party with two branches," Greenwald demurred. [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 4:00 pm
The Democratic and Republican parties in Pennsvlvania did not immediately respond to a call for comment. [read post]
23 May 2008, 1:45 pm
" Nothing good ever comes of office holiday parties. [read post]
28 Sep 2021, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
It’s true that overrepresenting Democrats in New York and Maryland does not exactly cancel out overrepresenting Republicans in Texas and Wisconsin, because members of Congress represent their districts, not just their parties. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 3:01 am
That’s because a federal suit between the Texas Democratic Party and Texas Republican Party was litigated in district court in Waco. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 8:42 pm by Ilya Somin
The bill was introduced by Democrat Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Ron Paul, a Texas Republican running for his party’s presidential nomination.Four Democrats are co-sponsors: John Conyers of Michigan, Barbara Lee of California, Jared Polis of Colorado and Steve Cohen of Tennessee.As the Washington Post notes in the article quoted above, the bill has no chance of actually passing. [read post]