Posted on · Governor Greg Abbott’s administration will decide how much of the package will go to the state’s largest city and surrounding Harris County.
Posted on · The proposed maps would reshape the 18th and 9th Congressional Districts, leading Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Congressman Al Green to argue they’re being forced to run against each other.
Posted on · Congressman Al Green warned that unless Houston and Harris County received a “fair share,” the U.S. Houston and Urban Development Department would not provide Texas any funds at all.
Posted on · Green says he will bring his articles of impeachment to the House floor for a fourth time. More than 120 House Democrats now say they support an inquiry.
Posted on · The Houston Democrat has repeatedly bucked party leadership by pushing impeachment. But the lone-wolf move failed once again Wednesday.
Posted on · “Andrew White has taken that Rolling Stones, Mike Jagger philosophy of ‘You can’t always get what you want but, you get what you need’” – Jay Aiyer, co-host of Party Politics, on how Texas Democrat gubernatorial candidate Andrew White is perfect for moderates but would have little effect on the down ballot race
Posted on · Congressman Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is spearheading an effort to provide targeted tax relief for victims of Harvey and Irma. The emerging package includes provisions ranging from lifting limits on write offs for property losses to bigger tax credits for the working poor.
Posted on · Houston’s Green is the first Texan to join the boycott, which includes dozens of House Democrats.
Posted on · Reps. Gene and Al Green are pushing for Congress to appropriate the full amount the White House has requested for the effort to combat the mosquito-borne disease. The House of Representatives has allocated less than a third, while the Senate has agreed to little more than half.
Posted on · Reps. Al Green and Gene Green are proposing a bill for $311 million in supplemental funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, to help avert a repeat of this week’s historic flooding.
Posted on · The Houston congressman describes market reforms in Cuba as limited so far, but says he encountered a great deal of enthusiasm among ordinary Cubans at the prospect of doing business with the United States.
Posted on · The two Houstonians are part of a bipartisan congressional delegation joining President Obama on his visit to the island.
Posted on · Democratic U.S. Reps. Gene Green and Al Green say their districts suffered from a shortage of voting machines and last minute poll station changes that discouraged participation by Hispanic and African-American voters.
Posted on · The city of Houston honors military veterans with a ceremony at City Hall and a parade downtown. City council members, state legislators and U.S. Congress members were part of the ceremony.