If House GOP ‘100% confident’ votes are there for $5 billion for the wall – then vote

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has declared that he is “100 percent confident” that the votes are there in the House to approve $5 billion for the southern border wall. The comments, on Fox News, came after incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.

‘The wall would have saved this little girl’s life’

The untimely death of Jakelin Caal Maquin at the border is a tragedy – a preventable tragedy. The fact is that little girl would be alive today if there had been a wall to deter illegal immigration. The migrant caravan is dangerous.

Texas secession was a key theme in Russian disinformation campaign during 2016 elections, report says

A sprawling Russian disinformation campaign aimed at influencing the 2016 elections found success with social media accounts promoting the idea of Texas secession, according to a report commissioned by the U.S. Senate that was released Monday.

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Texas parks department, advocates pushing Congress to reauthorize key conservation fund

With Congress set to adjourn next week, parks advocates are pushing for lawmakers to revive a half-century-old program that has pumped more than a half-billion dollars into Texas’ parks and natural areas. Congress let the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) expire on Sept. 30.

Bob Lighthizer is ‘General Patton in the trade world,’ right guy to lead trade talks with China

While some have been critical of President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs to win the trade war with China, one analyst is arguing these tariffs have been one of many tools used by the Trump administration to push China to comply with fairer trade deals.

Labor force conditions remain ‘very strong’ with 4.7 million jobs created since Trump took office

Despite economic headwinds, labor force conditions remain very strong in the U.S., with the number of unemployed having dropped by more than 600,000 in the past year while 2.8 million more people say they have jobs, outpacing population growth among those over the age of 16. Overall, 4.

26% of able-bodied food stamps recipients already work – so why couldn’t Congress mandate a work requirement?

The conference committee for H.R. 2, the farm bill, has stripped out its additional work requirements as a condition for collecting food stamps from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

What you don’t know about Medicare for All can hurt you

In November, Democrats took the House of Representatives. But many of the party’s most progressive candidates outside deep-blue coastal enclaves fell short at the polls.