Inside Texas Politics: The bipartisan group of problem solvers behind the latest stimulus check you’ve never heard of
A bipartisan group of Congressional Republicans and Democrats are working together to find common ground. One of the members is from Plano. Author: Jason Whitely, Berna Dean Steptoe Published: 3:00 PM CST January 30, 2021 Updated: 3:00 PM CST January 30, 2021
There are two words not often heard in Washington, D.C.: problem solvers.
Congress has a group of Republicans and Democrats that s little known outside of Washington that works together to find common ground.
U.S. Rep. Van Taylor, R-Plano, is a member of that group. He is currently serving his second term as a member of Congress, and he explained what to expect as Congress works on another COVID-19 relief package.
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As fellow writers AZ Blue Meanie and Michael Bryan have reported, the Republicans have spent a large portion of their time in the Arizona State Legislature introducing bills that would:
Take away a woman’s right to choose and criminalize legal abortion procedures.
Make the State’s handling of the Coronavirus worse than it already is.
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Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel tells America Reports that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reckless and divisive for asserting Republicans sympathize with white supremacists.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday were among the many voices condemning the move by the retail trading platform Robinhood to restrict customers from trading shares of GameStop but the sophomore congresswoman said she had no interest in working with Cruz to hold Robinhood accountable because Cruz almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago.
Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was referencing Cruz s challenge to Arizona s Electoral College votes earlier this month as Congress met to certify President Biden s election win. Cruz s challenge has been linked by many to the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob that was fueled by the former president s false claims that he d won the presidential election.