“I spent time with families and victims in El Paso and Midland-Odessa following those tragedies and pledged to work with my Senate colleagues on real solutions,” said Sen. ... “Congress passed my Fix NICS Act after the shooting in Sutherland Springs, but more needs to be..…
On October, Judge David Briones of the federal district court Texas struck blow for the rule of law, holding that President's plan to fund his border wall with Congress appropriated for other purposes is illegal. . The judge began by rejecting the government's argument that neither El..…
Judge David Briones of the Western District of Texas granted an injunction against border wall funding beyond that appropriated by Congress. The County of El Paso, Texas, and the Border Network for Human Rights had sued to stop Trump when he announced he would divert military and..…
Before his three terms in Congress, O'Rourke served on the El Paso City Council from 2005 to 2011. . ..…
Before his three terms in Congress, O'Rourke served on the El Paso City Council from 2005 to 2011. . ..…
I hope Congress will act more boldly after the two horrific attacks in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, and a third one Saturday in Odessa, Texas, and pass legislation to improve background checks. ..…
The mass shootings El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, has sparked renewed calls for US Congress to pass legislation to prevent gun violence.. ..…
In with MSNBC’s Joy Reid, and Malcolm Nance claimed that existing laws aren’t sufficient for prosecuting the El Paso shooter, because there are no laws designating his act of mass murder as “domestic terrorism.” . “I think that Congress needs to take up right away..…
It will be acting against the backdrop of gun massacres that killed 31 people last weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio — and ratcheted up the political acrimony in Washington. ... It will be acting against the backdrop of gun massacres that killed 31 people last weekend in..…
That’s probably far more relevant than fruitless handwringing over what Congress will or won’t do. ... Fear: El Paso shooting heightens 'tremendous fear' of daily life for Latinos in Mississippi . ..…
Although Democrats may introduce bills on a national level, experts said they will not go far in a divided Congress. . Shortly after the El Paso shooting, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Republicans who hold the majority of the Senate for 'continued inaction' on passing gun..…
Although Democrats may introduce bills on a national level, experts said they will not go far in a divided Congress. . Shortly after the El Paso shooting, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Republicans who hold the majority of the Senate for 'continued inaction' on passing gun..…
O’Rourke represented El Paso in Congress until he ran for the U.S. Senate in Texas. ..…
Some of Hollywood's most politically active and vocal figures reacted to the mass shooting El Paso, Texas, on Saturday by blaming Republicans and President Donald Trump and calling on Congress to pass more laws restricting Second Amendment right of law-abiding gun owners.. ..…
And when members of Congress toured detainment centers in El Paso, Texas, the “trolls” emerged from beneath their cyberspace bridges to greet them with jeers and Islamophobic slurs. ..…
House of Representatives expel Escobar from Congress if she does not resign. . More: From the Editor: El Paso Times stands by reporting on Clint holding facility . ..…
O'Rourke often touts his work on helping to improve healthcare for veterans in El Paso, particularly mental-health services during his six years in Congress. ..…
Experts and law enforcement officials told NBC News that it's true that this type of legislation — one of a handful of gun control options that members of Congress are weighing after massacres in Gilroy, California, Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas — has real potential to reduce..…
Politicians continue to paint border areas like El Paso as a violent threat. ... More recently, El Paso has been asserting itself politically on a national scale: electing Escobar as one of the first two Texas Latinas in Congress and rallying behind its former..…
It is also expected that we will see a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union that would obviously focus primarily on civil liberties issues, another by the Niskanen Center in Washington, D.C. on behalf of El Paso County, Texas and the Border Network for Human Rights. Finally, it is..…
The president held a campaign rally in El Paso to again make his case for a border wall, as members of Congress debated a border security and spending bill to avoid another government shutdown. ..…
O'Rourke, member of Congress from El Paso, ran massively funded campaign against Cruz, relentlessly in hopes of becoming Democrat to win Texas in more than two decades.. ..…
This includes two women who will be Texas Latinas elected to Congress, El Paso's Veronica Escobar and Houston's Sylvia Garcia. ... José Rodríguez represents Texas Senate District 29, which extends from El Paso to Big Bend.. ..…
One of Democrats serving in Texas Congress, O'Rourke has held in House representing El Paso in the state's 16th Congressional District since 2013.. ..…
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