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Republican members of the U.S. House representing Central Texas were silent Tuesday on the revelation that Donald Trump Jr. in 2016 sought damaging information on Hillary Clinton from a Russian government official to benefit his father’s presidential campaign.
WASHINGTON - Texas Democrats in Congress remain confident about the 2018 elections despite a stinging loss in a Georgia congressional race last week that highlighted a string of deflating defeats.
By Robert Pear and Thomas Kaplan, New York Times
June 22, 2017 Updated: June 22, 2017 8:22pm
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, who’ve promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act for seven years, took a major step toward that goal, unveiling a bill Thursday to make deep cuts in Medicaid and end the mandate that most Americans have health insurance.
For the 10th time in the last several months, Republicans on Wednesday blocked a Democratic resolution offered on the House floor requesting President Trump’s tax returns.
The measure was defeated on a procedural vote of 227-188 that fell largely along party lines.
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SAN ANTONIO - Members of the San Antonio Food Bank and Feeding Texas joined Rep. Lloyd Doggett to urge members of the Texas Congressional Delegation to reject President Donald Trump’s budget proposal.
The proposed budget threatens to dramatically increase the number of Texans at risk of hunger. It would cut $193 billion from the food stamp program.
Trump administration officials will huddle Friday as part of a push to issue an executive order addressing rising drug prices, but few are expecting its punch to match the president's often blistering rhetoric about the pharmaceutical industry.