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The House Judiciary Committee voted 24-12 to advance a bill that would remove immigration courts from the U.S. Department of Justice and make them independent of the executive branch.
Shortly after midnight on Wednesday night, the committee voted along party lines to send the Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2022 to the full U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to shuffle $500 million from several state agencies to plug a yawning shortfall in his border operation has sparked assertions that federal COVID-19 relief money is being used to fill in the gap.
Seven Democratic members of Congress this week asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to examine whether Abbott is flouting federal rules governing how money sent to the states can be used to cover such pandemic-related expenses as "premium pay" for essential workers so the governor's multibillion-dollar initiative remains afloat.
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to shuffle $500 million from several state agencies to plug a yawning shortfall in his border operation has sparked assertions that federal COVID-19 relief money is being used to fill in the gap.
Seven Democratic members of Congress this week asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to examine whether Abbott is flouting federal rules governing how money sent to the states can be used to cover such pandemic-related expenses as "premium pay" for essential workers so the governor's multibillion-dollar initiative remains afloat.
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott's decision to shuffle $500 million from several state agencies to plug a yawning shortfall in his border operation has sparked assertions that federal COVID-19 relief money is being used to fill in the gap.
Seven Democratic members of Congress this week asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to examine whether Abbott is flouting federal rules governing how money sent to the states can be used to cover such pandemic-related expenses as "premium pay" for essential workers so the governor's multibillion-dollar initiative remains afloat.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced that the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee has recommended that Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) serve on the Agriculture Committee and Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) join Armed Services. Both still need to get approval from the full Democratic Caucus.
FORT HOOD, Texas — Rep. Sylvia Garcia announced Wednesday the passing of bill H.R. 224, a bill that will rename a Houston post office after the late Vanessa Guillen.
SPC. Vanessa Guillen was last seen on April 22, 2020, while she was a private stationed at Fort Hood.
Before her time at Fort Hood, SPC. Guillen was a constituent of Rep. Garcia.
Rep. Garcia referred to the slain specialist as a rising star.
A bill to rename a southeast Houston post office after slain U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillén passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday.
The measure introduced by Guillén's representative, Democrat Sylvia Garcia, in January, was debated on the House floor Tuesday and was approved in a vote on Wednesday afternoon, according to Garcia's office.
During House Floor remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) spoke about abortion.
The Biden administration is scrapping planned auctions of drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Cook Inlet -- a move that deepens uncertainty over the future of the US government's offshore oil leasing program.
The Interior Department said in an emailed statement Wednesday it "will not move forward" with two Gulf lease auctions that were planned under former President Barack Obama "as a result of delays due to factors including conflicting court rulings that impacted work on these proposed sales."
In House floor remarks, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) argued for abortion rights.