Amid the conclusion of the Amy Coney Barrett hearings along with the general election taking place in less than three weeks, Senator Chuck Schumer (D) took to Twitter to announce that he is “forcing a vote tonight to adjourn the Senate until after the November election.”
A dark cloud that has loomed over former Vice President Joe Biden’s (D) campaign has been Hunter Biden’s foreign business deals and his board membership in Burisma, an energy firm in Ukraine.
Last night, all eyes were on the first presidential debate between President Trump (R) and former Vice President Joe Biden (D).
Now, Black Lives Matter supporters are continuing to receive criticism after some supporters were caught on camera wearing Antifa clothes and spray painting inverted crosses, Nazi Swastikas, pentagrams, Black Lives Matter and Biden 2020. On a Chaldean Catholic Church, which has a congregation that is primarily composed of Christian refugees and immigrants from Iraq.
With the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the political world is reeling from the loss of a trailblazing Justice. Both sides of the aisle have shared their thoughts on the pioneer, citing her years of service and friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia as a model that everyone should follow during these trying times.
As the month of August comes to a close, it means that voters are that much closer to the 2020 election. In turn, Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R) took to Twitter to share a video of him detailing the reasons why he believes that Democrats should not take hold of office in November.
Yesterday, on day 1 of the Republican National Convention, Texas Senators Ted Cruz (R) and John Cornyn (R) directed a letter to President Donald Trump (R) to thank him for his approval of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s (R) request for an emergency declaration that warns Texans to prepare ahead of time for tropical storms Laura and Marco, which threaten the Texas Gulf Coast.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) issued a statement regarding the expiration of the arms embargo, which he believes calls for invoking the snapback mechanism. This comes after the United Nations Security Council did not pass a resolution offered by the Trump administration that would prevent the expiration of the United Nations arms embargo on Iran.
After suffering a defeat by Democrat Colin Allred in the November 2018 midterm election, Republican Pete Sessions has now shifted his sights to Texas’ 17th congressional district. In his battle to become a Texas Rep., Sessions faces opposition from Republican Renee Swann who’s also vying for the congressional seat. However, while Swann has launched an advertisement discrediting Sessons’ time in office, Swann is receiving some criticism of her own based on prior voting efforts.
As states continue to experience spikes in terms of their COVID-19 cases, Texas Senator John Cornyn (R) has asked the Trump administration to extend its support for coronavirus testing in the Lonestar state.
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