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In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson yesterday, 10 Democratic senators, including all of the party's leaders, wrote: "Mothers and their children who have fled violence in their home countries should not be treated like criminals. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 6:16 am by Jim Sedor
Texas – An Ad with a Wheelchair Shakes up the Texas Governor’s Race New York Times – David Montgomery | Published: 10/13/2014 Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis defended her campaign television ad that highlights opponent Greg Abbott’s use of a wheelchair, denying it exploits his disability while attacking his record. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 7:59 am by Jim Sedor
Texas election law prohibits corporate campaign contributions to state candidates. [read post]
2 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm by John Dean
Each of these decisions was highly partisan, decided by the five conservative justices, and most beneficial to the Republican candidates and office holders—at a time when the Republican Party was grappling with the Democratic Party’s demographic and numerical advantages. [read post]
26 Sep 2014, 10:14 am by Kent Scheidegger
Ted Cruz (R., Texas) said*                                  *                               *Some Democrats said it would be a mistake to purposefully delay the process. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 8:45 am
For one thing, party organizations are among the most active cross-state participants; the Democratic and Republican Governors Associations have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into state races in the past decade.261 Party actors recognize the power of the states as platforms for national conflict. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 5:58 am by Jim Sedor
Few people were as acquainted with power and influence as Boggs, whose father was Democratic majority leader in the U.S. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 9:03 am by Barry Barnett
Party flip in the federal courts Since the inauguration of Barack Obama in January 2009, eight U.S. courts of appeals have flipped parties, The New York Times reported. [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 5:59 am by Jim Sedor
Texas – Ethics Commission Takes Aim at Texas Dark Money Houston Chronicle – David Saleh Rauf (San Antonio Express News) | Published: 8/21/2014 The Texas Ethics Commission moved forward with a measure to reveal secret campaign contributors despite a pending federal lawsuit by a conservative group over whether the agency has the authority to regulate dark money disclosure. [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 11:42 am by Benjamin Bissell
Steve Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, suggested that President Obama should not seek congressional authorization because doing so would be a “circus. [read post]
24 Aug 2014, 7:48 am by Gritsforbreakfast
OTOH, if you were looking for a candidate in this race who favored strong, substantive due process rights to avoid convicting innocent people, neither party has a thing to offer you.Davis trying to out-flank Abbott to the right is a great example of how we got here: Too many Texas Democrats over the years have tried the tuffer-than-thou strategy and it's rarely effective. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 8:09 am by Ruby Powers
The crisis over unaccompanied minors arriving in South Texas does not appear to have deterred him, and the slowdown of arrivals at the border may be shifting the issue away from the spotlight anyway. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 8:23 pm
It was that office, controlled by the Democratic Party machine, that infamously indicted Tom DeLay for nothing. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 5:42 am by Joe May
It is common for Republican officials in heavily Democratic Northeastern states to be moderates. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 11:20 am by Cody Poplin
Times has more on the comments, which sent Germany’s opposition parties into a frenzy. [read post]
25 Jul 2014, 7:38 am by Jim Sedor
Rising stars in both parties have come and gone, but the state’s chief power players have remained the same. [read post]