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Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier has now spent over 24 hours on the Texas House floor in protest after refusing a Republican demand to be placed under the watch of the state Department of Public Safety.
A pair of top House Democrats are launching an investigation into Paramount’s $7 billion merger with fellow media conglomerate Skydance and the circumstances that led to the deal’s approval by the Trump administration,
Democrats sneered when Georgia Republican U.S., Rep. Newt Gingrich unveiled his “Contract With America” about six weeks before the 1994 midterm elections. But Democrats weren’t laughing when the returns rolled in that November; the GOP gained 54 House seats, thrusting Gingrich into the post of speaker.
Texas House Democrats are expected to return to the Legislature on Monday after denying a quorum for two weeks.
The Texas House signaled it would move quickly on redistricting and other legislative matters after reaching a quorum Monday afternoon following the return of Democrats who had fled the state in
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10 House Democrats ask NCAA about plans to protect women as ways to pay college athletes increase
Ten Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the NCAA if and how college sports’ major governing body plans to protect the interests of female athletes as the largest portion of NIL and revenue-sharing payments continue to be directed to male athletes.
Several Texas state House Democrats ripped up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort and returned to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced.