The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Tipton was held on Wednesday. Confirmation by the Senate would fill the last remaining federal vacancy in Texas.
During the State of the Union address, President Trump called on Congress to pass Sen. Ted Cruz's Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunities Act, but the bill has divided some conservatives.
After a partisan impeachment by the House of Representatives in December, the Senate has voted to acquit President Trump of the charges made against him.
With nearly 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world, some countries have begun instituting travel bans as a precautionary measure.
Sen. Cruz's podcast has been up and running for less than a week and it's already become the most downloaded podcast on Apple's charts.
A new, right-off-the-senate-floor podcast on impeachment was launched yesterday by Sen. Ted Cruz and commentator Michael J. Knowles.
LegiStorm tracks congressional office staff turnover rates every year to illustrate which offices may be more susceptible to "dysfunction."
As articles of impeachment move to the Senate, responses from Texas delegates regarding President Trump and the death of Iranian Commander Soleimani split down party lines.
The USMCA, which has been in the works for the better part of two years, now awaits the final stop before ratification — a presidential signature.
A packed candidate forum in Houston yesterday illustrated the energy behind GOP efforts to oust first-term Representative Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-07).
House Democrats passed an expanded Voting Rights Act in December that would increase federal oversight in Texas elections. Many Republicans have expressed concerns over its provisions.
Sen. Ted Cruz plans to introduce a resolution this week to honor American service members involved in the mission that led to the death of the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
With the USMCA awaiting action in the U.S. Senate and a deal with China announced, Trump's focus on trade continues into 2020.
Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad killed Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani.
The members, including Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, filed the amicus brief in a Supreme Court case asking the high court to reconsider its previous, controversial abortion ruling.
Just one day after the House impeached President Trump, the Senate passed the $1.4 trillion, 2,300 page omnibus before heading home for the Christmas recess.
The USMCA trade agreement, which has been referred to as NAFTA 2.0, passed the House today. Debate will now move to the Senate.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo blamed the death of an officer on reluctance to pass a reauthorization for the Violence Against Women Act, but the bill would not have prevented the killing.
Passage of the USMCA trade deal — often referred to as NAFTA 2.0 — has largely been ignored as the House has focused on its impeachment inquiry.
As tech companies are increasingly accused of censoring speech they don't like, Sen. Ted Cruz comes out against enshrining protections for them in trade deals.
