This morning, Greg Casar will officially be selected as Whip for the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Casar’s position as Whip, which is the number three spot in the caucus, is significant. He will be the top Texan in a leadership role, and one of the youngest...
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back to archiveTed Cruz Plots Impeachment Stunt To Advance Right-Wing Agenda
The midterm elections are still over three months away, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from openly laying out their political plans for if they take control of the House of Representatives. In what would likely be a replay of the game plan used in Benghazi...
Family of Uvalde, Buffalo Victims Testify in Congress
Family members of the victims of mass shootings, including Buffalo and Uvalde, testified in Congress on Wednesday during a hearing on gun violence with the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Zeneta Everhart, mother of 21-year-old Zaire Goodman who was injured in the...
Colin Allred delivers Congressional Black Caucus response to State of the Union
On Tuesday, Rep. Colin Allred delivered the Congressional Black Caucus response to the State of the Union, marking the first time the Caucus has offered an official response to the event. The speech was made shortly after President Joe Biden gave the first State of...
House passes bill to boost US competitiveness
On Friday, the House passed the COMPETES Act, a sweeping bill designed to enhance the United States’ competitiveness with China in manufacturing and technology. The bill passed in a 222-210 vote, mostly along party lines. The COMPETES Act includes $52 billion...
Lizzie Fletcher nominates two vaccine researchers for Nobel Peace Prize, Marc Veasey nominates Opal Lee
Nobel Peace Prize nominations for 2022 were due on January 31 and some high-profile Texans are among the names submitted. Rep. Marc Veasey lead a group of members of Congress to nominate civil rights activist Opal Lee while Rep. Lizzie Fletcher nominated Dr. Maria...
Crenshaw on Congress trading stocks: ‘You have no way to better yourself’
Rep. Dan Crenshaw was recently asked about members of Congress trading stocks and his response was, interesting. On the podcast All American Savage Show, the host brought up the Signal’s recent article about Crenshaw’s trading netting the fifth-highest return in all...
Dan Crenshaw’s stock trading yielded the fifth highest return in Congress
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Houston) did pretty well for himself in 2021, financially speaking. According to a new report from Unusual Whales, Crenshaw’s trading netted the fifth-highest rate of return among members of Congress, narrowly edging out House Speaker Nancy...
The legacy of Eddie Bernice Johnson
On Saturday, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Dallas) announced that she will retire at the end of her term, bringing a nearly three-decade career in Congress to a close. Johnson leaves behind a history-making legacy marked by many firsts both in and out of...