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Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls was elected in November to become the next U.S. Representative in Texas’ 22nd Congressional District, which includes 75 percent of the county. He will be part of a class of 57 freshmen members of Congress. During a Dec. 15 Zoom meeting with Don McCoy, president of the Fulshear-Katy Area Chamber of Commerce and Republican State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst of Brenham, Nehls outlined his agenda for his first term in Washington, D.C. and addressed his expectations f...

DiCeglie, Rick Baker among potential candidates for Pinellas state Senate seat The seat is now held by state Sen. Jeff Brandes, who’s term-limited in 2022.     State Rep. Nick DiCeglie and former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker are among the possible candidates for the state Senate seat currently held by state Sen. Jeff Brandes, who will term out in 2022. [ Times ] By William March Published Jan. 9 Pinellas Republicans could be looking at a competitive primary for a juicy political p...

Texas John Cornyn Says He Won’t Join Growing Number Of Texas Republicans Planning To Object To Certification Of Joe Biden’s Win The state’s senior senator said Tuesday he will not object to certifying President Donald Trump’s reelection defeat “based on unproven allegations.” January 5, 2021, 9:05 PM In a lengthy letter to Texans, Cornyn noted that he has supported President Donald Trumps right to challenge election results in the courts, but that Trump’s lawsuits have gone nowher...

By Elsa Maxey Yes, the pandemic did dominate the headlines this past year. So, what do you think will do it in 2021? We started the first day with a

Walsh Susan/Pool via Reuters John Cornyn Says He Won’t Join Growing Number Of Texas Republicans Planning To Object To Certification Of Joe Biden’s Win The state’s senior senator said Tuesday he will not object to certifying President Donald Trump’s reelection defeat “based on unproven allegations.” U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced Tuesday that he isn’t planning to object to the certification of the Electoral College vote in Congress, splitting with a growing number of...

John Cornyn wont object to certification of Joe Bidens win, but other Texas Republicans will By Patrick Svitek/The Texas Tribune Published  article U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced Tuesday that he isnt planning to object to the certification of the Electoral College vote in Congress, splitting with a growing number of GOP colleagues that most notably includes the state’s junior senator, Ted Cruz. In a lengthy letter to Texans, Cornyn noted that he has supported President Donald Tr...

By Sanchali Basu Houston: They call themselves The Three Masketeers. They are a teenage trio from Pearland, who have been recently awarded the prestigious Governor’s Volunteer Award for 2020. These high schoolers were killing time during the forced lockdown, somewhat dejected that their research presentations at the Texas Science and Engineering Fair had also been killed. But an idle mind is truly a devil’s workshop–the devil in this case being Bane. Inspired by the Bane mask from Chris N...

11 Texas Republicans in House vote to help override Trump’s veto of defense bill, setting up first such rebuke of president The GOP-run Senate could take up the override vote as soon as Tuesday WASHINGTON – Eleven Texas Republicans bucked President Donald Trump late Monday on a critical defense authorization bill, helping the Democrat-run House vote 322-87 to override one of his vetoes for the first time in the Republican’s presidency. The unprecedented action in the waning weeks of Trump...

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Credit: Ryan Garza/USA Today Network via REUTERS In a rare holiday week vote, members of the U.S. House returned to Washington to override on Monday President Trumps veto of a bill that handles the budget and spending of the Department of Defense. The National Defense Authorization Act is a $740 billion bill that dates back to 1961 it is one of the few annual bipartisan pieces of legislation left in Congress. House Democrats named this years NDAA in honor of a Texas Republican, U.S. ...