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Texas' secretary of state announced Friday that students at Prairie View A&M University will be allowed to vote in November's election without having to fill out change of address forms, and that officials will be stationed at a campus polling sites to ensure there are no problems casting ballots. Democrats had complained that officials might block students at the historically black college from voting because of issues over addresses they used to register to vote.
Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday the upcoming midterm elections will be a referendum on impeaching the president. "I say this not in my role as a lawyer but as a concerned citizen and Republican," he said.
Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, issued a blistering criticism of President Donald Trump Thursday to mark the first anniversary of Sherman filing articles of impeachment against the president on the floor of the House of Representative. "A year ago, today, I filed Articles of Impeachment against Donald J. Trump, the first attempt to force the House Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on Obstruction of Justice and Russian interference in our election," Sherman said in a statement, noting that Democratic Congressman Al Green of Texas cosponsored the Articles.
This March 6, 2018, file photo shows the Capitol in Washington. Several Democrats facing tough re-elections this fall are joining solid Republican backing of an effort to alter some key aspects of the Dodd-Frank law.
Congress moved Tuesday to dismantle a chunk of the rules framework for banks, installed to prevent a recurrence of the 2008 financial crisis that brought millions of lost jobs and foreclosed homes. The House voted 258-159 to approve legislation rolling back the Dodd-Frank law, notching a legislative win for President Donald Trump, who made gutting the landmark law a campaign promise.
Congress was taking a final step Tuesday toward dismantling a chunk of the rules framework for banks installed to prevent a recurrence of the 2008 financial crisis that brought millions of lost jobs and foreclosed homes. The House planned to approve legislation to roll back the Dodd-Frank law, easing rules for banks and notching a legislative win for President Donald Trump, who made gutting the landmark law a campaign promise.
Cliff Vacek, center, poses for pictures with supporters March 6 at his election watch party at Clancy's Public House in Richmond. Voters in Fort Bend County will need to stay sharp as last week's Primary Election has set the stage for several runoff races on May 22. Democrats in particular will have four races to settle, including selecting candidates for Governor, U.S. House, State Senate and Fort Bend County Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace.
In this Monday, May 15, 2017 photo, Congressman Al Green speaks to media during a press conference in which he called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump at the Houston Congressional District Office in Houston. The black Texas congressman said Saturday, May 20, that he's been threatened with lynching by callers infuriated over him seeking impeachment of President Trump.
On Dec. 6, Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, forced a House vote on articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in advance of the vote, "Now is not the time," citing ongoing investigations.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and two of his Democratic colleagues have suggested that President Donald Trump should consider resigning, after a run of sexual harassment scandals that has driven out some members of Congress. Sen. Al Franken "felt it proper for him to resign," Sanders said in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday morning, referring to the Democrat from Minnesota.
Today, fifty-eight Members of Congress voted in support of articles of impeachment against President Trump in a floor vote led by Congressman Al Green . "Today's vote shows that momentum is building for the call for an impeachment investigation of President Trump," says John Bonifaz, the Co-Founder and President of Free Speech For People.
The House overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to kill a resolution from a liberal Democratic lawmaker to impeach President Donald Trump as most Democrats joined Republicans in opposing the move. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, said Trump had associated his presidency with causes rooted in bigotry and racism.
A liberal Democrat is putting the House on track for a likely vote Wednesday on impeaching President Donald Trump, an effort that's certain to lose and has drawn opposition even from many in his own party. "Friends, whether we like it or not, we now have a bigot in the White House who incites hatred and hostility," Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, wrote in a letter to colleagues Tuesday explaining his proposal.
Congressman Al Green speaks to media during a press conference in which he called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump at the Houston Congressional District Office Monday, May 15, 2017, in Houston. less Congressman Al Green speaks to media during a press conference in which he called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump at the Houston Congressional District Office Monday, May 15, 2017, in Houston.
Rep. Maxine Waters , a California Democrat, led approximate 4,000 attendees at the Women's Convention in Detroit on Saturday with the rallying cry: "Impeach 45!" The Huffington Post reported. "Donald Trump is the most dishonorable and despicable human being to ever serve in the office of the president," Waters said, urging the women to take leadership roles in the resistance movement.
A Democratic congressman stopped just short of forcing a House vote on President Trump's impeachment Wednesday, pulling back under apparent pressure from his own party. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, read his impeachment resolution on the House floor Wednesday afternoon, bringing it up under rules that would force a rapid vote.
One of the Democratic Party's most prominent financial backers is demanding that lawmakers and candidates on the left support removing President Trump from office, putting pressure on Democrats to make Trump's ouster a defining issue in the 2018 midterm elections. Tom Steyer, a billionaire California investor who spent more than $91 million supporting Democrats in the 2016 elections, issued the demand to his party in a letter on Wednesday.
A House Democrat offered a resolution Wednesday to impeach President Trump but let it die before action was taken, saying he would force a vote later. The move by Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, edged his party toward a confrontation craved by some of its most liberal supporters but opposed by many others - including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi - who consider it ill-advised and premature.
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm, as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida. The 419-3 vote sent the aid package - likely the first of several - to the Senate in hopes of sending the bill to President Donald Trump before dwindling federal disaster reserves run out at the end of this week.