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On March 16, 2023, a bill (S. 316) to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs, introduced by Senators Tim Kaine and Todd Young, was advanced by the Senate by 68 votes to 27, [42] but its companion, H.R.932, has been quasi-anonymously held by a Representative in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs since February 9, 2023.
(48–52 vote on sustaining the decision of the chair) The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The decision of the Chair is not sustained. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. *** Under the precedent set by the Senate today, November 21, 2013, the threshold for cloture on nominations, not including those to the Supreme Court of the United States, is now a majority.
The 89th Texas Legislature is the meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The regular session is scheduled to until June 2, 2025.
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz listens as U.S. Rep. Colin Allred speaks during their first Senate debate on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, in Dallas, Texas.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member to the United States Senate to represent the State of Texas, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and ...
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a September decision by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez that stopped, albeit temporarily, a provision passed by the Texas Senate. In an ...
According to October polling from the Texas Politics Project, 7% of Texas likely voters say abortion/women’s rights is the most important issue to their vote, trailing the economy, immigration ...
(Texas did not vote in 1864 and 1868 due to the Civil War and Reconstruction). [6] In the post-Civil War era, two of the most important Republican figures in Texas were African Americans George T. Ruby and Norris Wright Cuney. Ruby was a black community organizer, director in the federal Freedmen's Bureau, and leader of the Galveston Union League.