Texas does everything bigger, including chaos and weirdness. This is true of Molly Ivins’s beloved Texas Lege, including the Paxton impeachment; of the entire Texas R Party; and of the outsize influence of Texas in Congress, including government shutdowns, Speaker catastrophes, and immigration policy. In this and so many other ways Texas is entangled in the politics of the whole country.
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2024
Mar 6, 2024 — Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa issued the following statement: “Super Tuesday's results have laid bare the two distinct …
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep. Jasmine Crockett argued over insults during a hearing to decide whether Congress would hold U.S. ...
May 31, 2024 — The May runoff elections were the big news this week, but there were still plenty of other headlines This Week in Texas Politics.
Mar 27, 2024 — Some Republicans and candidates are calling for a serious change, warning that the party could be vulnerable in future elections because of ...
Apr 11, 2024 — Right-wing fury – spurred by former President Donald Trump – has dealt Mike Johnson another blow.
Jan 8, 2024 — The governor's busing program has bused around 34000 migrants to New York City since August 2022.
25 Republican governors back Texas in escalating border ...
Jan 25, 2024 — Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed to add more razor wire to deter a border "invasion".
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Texas Republicans In Total Chaos - by Michelle H. Davis
Feb 11, 2024 — “Because of the expense of the impeachment trial.” “Dade Phelan appointed Democratic Committee chairs, even though they believe Black lives …
What led to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment?
Texas Republicans Turn on Each Other! GOP Led House Recommends IMPEACHMENT For AG Ken Paxton
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May 16, 2024 — A fiery exchange between Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jasmine Crockett leads to chaos in the House Oversight Committee.
Mar 19, 2024 — 4 will not only make communities in Texas less safe, it will also burden law enforcement, and sow chaos and confusion at our southern border.
GOP's Merrick Garland contempt hearing beset by chaos
May 16, 2024 — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Oversight Committee Chair James Comer at a hearing on Dec. 5, 2023. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images. The ...
May 23, 2024 — Senate Democrats failed to advance a bipartisan border security bill Thursday, with nearly every Republican voting against it Donald Trump ...
June 2024 — Several arrests were made at the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity Wednesday night after people in attendance who appeared to be ...
2023
Jan 24, 2023 — As the 88th Legislature takes off, Texas GOP members have been quick to fall back into their usual pattern of infighting.
Oct 13, 2023 — County commissioner Rich Paces keeps pushing for a manual tally of votes in 2024, fueled by right-wing distrust of voting machines.
Sep 24, 2023 — Fetcher spoke on a panel with three other House Democrats from Texas — Greg Casar and Lloyd Doggett of Austin and Sylvia Garcia of Houston — ...
Republican Chaos Congress Elects Extremist as Speaker
Oct 25, 2023 — So allergic to bipartisanship, Republicans oppose consensus candidates. New Republican speaker means a new shutdown fight. TEXAS – This ...
Oct 3, 2023 — Members of Texas' congressional delegation quick to respond to Tuesday's historic ousting of U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Nov 15, 2023 — Representative Chip Roy began yelling at members of his own party during a House hearing.
Why the House's chaos has me furious
By Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Democrat representing Texas's 30th congressional district
Oct 11, 2023 — This is a matter of national security and people need to wake up. What exactly has the House GOP, better labeled as the “chaos caucus,” managed ...
Oct 13, 2023 — The U.S. House has been without a leader for more than a week, as majority Republicans threw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy and refused to rally ...
Dec 31, 2023 — Greg Abbott, which has led to disorder in managing the arrivals. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said in an interview with "Face the Nation" on ...
The ungovernable Republicans: 'Their goal is chaos'
Oct 6, 2023 — Jim Jordan. Age: 59. Profile: The fast-talking congressman from Ohio has been endorsed by Donald Trump for Speaker ...
Sep 24, 2023 — Fetcher spoke on a panel with three other House Democrats from Texas — Greg Casar and Lloyd Doggett of Austin and Sylvia Garcia of Houston — ...
Dangerous,' 'embarrassing': GOP lawmaker expresses frustration over speaker chaos
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What the House speaker chaos says about state of Republican Party
Jan 4, 2023 — Republican Freedom Caucus is thwarting Kevin McCarthy votes for U.S. House Speaker, even with Trump support, but Texas' Dade Phelan has ...
Oct 5, 2023 — A coalition of Republicans and Democrats could do something an unprecedented and come together to elect a speaker. They probably won't.
House Republicans' dysfunction points to more chaos ahead
Jan 4, 2023 — Now they have been exposed for all to see — to see just how broken the GOP has become. The opening two days of the 118th Congress foreshadow …
2022
Nothing turned up in my search. I know they were up to something then, but I’m not going to fight it.
2021
Jul 7, 2021 — Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas revealed in a video circulating online that he wants to jam Democrats' legislative goals so Republicans …
GOP congressman caught on video saying he wants '18 ...
Jul 7, 2021 — A secretly taped video showed Texas Rep. Chip Roy saying he wanted to prevent Democrats from getting anything done so the GOP could win back ...
Jul 7, 2021 — Rachel Maddow Show: Texas' Chip Roy says he wants to curtail governing for a year and a half, create "chaos," and make sure Congress can't ...
MSNBC July 2021
Chip Roy says he wants to curtail governing for a year and a half, create "chaos," and make sure Congress can't "get stuff done." Dems should believe him.
2020
An alleged hit list of political opponents, a promise of access, heated denials, an audiotape and suspicions of a setup.
Texas Republicans are reeling from an internal scandal that could threaten their long dominance of the state Legislature in the nation’s most populous conservative state.
Aug 1, 2019 — Texas Republicans are facing an internal crisis that could threaten their ability to hold off Democratic gains in the state Legislature in ...
