Rep. Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination for speaker
Rep. Mike Johnson is the fourth speaker nominee since McCarthy's removal and the second in a single day. He said that his intention is to go the House floor Wednesday for a noon speaker vote.
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Rep. Mike Johnson is the fourth speaker nominee since McCarthy's removal and the second in a single day. He said that his intention is to go the House floor Wednesday for a noon speaker vote.
On Wednesday, the Texas House will consider three border security bills, including legislation that would spend $1.5 billion for the state to expand its border wall.
The lawsuit claims the administration assisted and encouraged illegal border crossings by removing fencing.
The majority of retired teachers in Texas haven't gotten one in nearly 20 years.
The Senate Minority Leader commented on his health status during a broader discussion about foreign policy on "Face the Nation."
However, no U.S. citizens or other foreign nationals who have been stranded in Gaza since the war began were allowed to cross into Egypt.
For years, the legislative math in the Texas House has kept bills from passing that would provide taxpayer-financed education savings accounts.
Right now, state lawmakers are focusing on whether taxpayer money should be used to send students to private schools. But have you ever wondered how Texas public schools are funded?
Jack Fink covers the biggest political stories of the week in the latest episode of Eye on Politics.
A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
Democratic lawmakers in the Texas House have filed a bill that would give a big boost to public school funding and teacher salaries.
It is a deal that's never been reached in the House, where rural Republicans have repeatedly joined Democrats over the years to reject a bill.
Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan is looking at the spot.
Texas lawmakers are considering cracking down further on illegal immigration.
"Listen, I'm very worried about it," he said. "The lieutenant governor and speaker of the House are in open warfare and that's not good for Texas."
Since Saturday, United States Senator Ted Cruz has condemned the Hamas terror attacks on Israel.
The House Republican majority has not yet coalesced around a new speaker a week after Rep. Kevin McCarthy was removed.
At the Collin County Republican Party meeting Monday night, supporters gave Attorney General Ken Paxton a hero's welcome weeks after he was acquitted by the Texas Senate of impeachment articles.
The main topic of debate in this special session will be a bill that would allow taxpayer-funded education savings accounts to be used for some students to attend private or religious schools.
Mexico's president says he is going to send a diplomatic note to the United States protesting Texas truck inspections that have caused major delays at border crossings.
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador repeatedly denies his country is producing the synthetic opioid.
Israel's national emergency services agency says at least 1,500 more have been wounded in the Hamas military incursion.
"I'm surprised and a little disappointed that (Abbott) didn't ... attempt to learn more about the facts before he got on national television and started talking."
The rally comes days before state lawmakers begin to debate this issue during the third special legislative session called by Governor Greg Abbott, which begins 1 p.m. Monday at the Texas Capitol.
Jack Fink covers the biggest political stories of the week in the latest episode of Eye on Politics.
