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Congressional Democrats are looking to put teeth back in the Voting Rights Act, six years after the Supreme Court gutted a key enforcement provision through its ruling in Shelby County v. Holder. Members of the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the issue at Houston's Texas Southern University on Friday.

Much of the testimony focused on how the state's Voter ID law discourages minorities from voting.

For two years now, Democratic leaders have urged those demanding President Donald Trump's impeachment to wait for the findings of the special counsel, Robert Mueller. Then, last month, the report arrived, with a list of ten separate actions by Trump that might constitute obstruction of justice and clear indications that Mueller believes it's now up to Congress to decide what to make of them.

As we get closer and closer to the 2020 Presidential Elections — only about a year and a half to go, but who's counting? — our newsfeed is flooded with announcements of impending presidential campaigns and promises for change. And while several of these candidates and their political platforms are giving us hope for a better future and making us think (and re-think) what it will take to bring about real change in this country, we're also thinking about who we would want to see sitting in the oval office in just a couple of years. Spoiler alert: we're ready to call a strong, inspirational Latina woman Madame President.

WASHINGTON - Amid the growing power struggle between Congress and the White House, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, intends to press for legislation that could land a candidate or staff member in jail for five years for working with a foreign agent.

By 2020, Latinos are expected to become the largest non-white voter population in the U.S. The Pew Research Center estimates that 32 million Latinos could cast a ballot in the next national election. But will they?

The answer is a solid maybe.

HOUSTON - U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, will hold a town hall Wednesday about the recent fire at the ITC plant in Deer Park.

The meeting will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Milby High School Auditorium at 1601 Broadway St.

According to a press release about the event, Gacia will be joined by representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Chemical Safety Board, Harris County Public Health and the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office.

The discussion will focus on the impacts of the chemical facility fire that burned for nearly a week and released benzene into the surrounding area, according to the press release.

A question-and-answer session will follow a presentation about the community's concerns, according to the press release.

WASHINGTON — Judging by their reactions, it was as if Texas members of Congress read two wholly different versions of the much-anticipated Mueller report.

On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr released Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The Mueller report stated that the two-year "investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities." At the same time, the document laid out allegedly unethical activities on the part of the president and many in his inner circle.

The sheer length of the report translated into a slow trickle of Congressional reactions throughout the day.