Democrats consider prolonging the government shutdown as Republicans prepare new bills without health care fix

Washington– Republican senators are trying to end the government shutdown by preparing a bipartisan package of spending bills that they hope will win new Democratic votes. It is unclear whether their plan will succeed. Democrats have voted 14 times not to reopen the government as they demand an extension of expiring health care subsidies, which … Read more

Abigail Spanberger elected Virginia governor in a historic first that boosts Democrats ahead of 2026

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger won Virginia’s governor’s race on Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earl Sears to give Democrats a key victory ahead of the 2026 midterm elections and make history as the first woman ever to lead the commonwealth. A victory for Spanberger would flip partisan control of the governor’s … Read more

State of Texas: Hinojosa joins Democrats vying to challenge Greg Abbott in 2026

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Greg Abbott is expected to win reelection in next year’s race for governor of Texas. But Texas Democrats are working to change that narrative. A state lawmaker is the latest to join the race. State Rep. Gina Hinojosa represents Texas House District 49 in Austin. But on Wednesday, she returned to Brownsville, … Read more

Government shutdown enters sixth day as Republicans, Speaker Johnson says it’s up to Democrats to ‘stop the madness’

Washington – The legislators presented a few general signs of negotiations with a significant to break the impasse when the federal government was reopened with the closure of its sixth day on Monday, as Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson said that the Democrats need to “stop madness”. “It is happening now, all because of the Democrats.” … Read more

Democrats, Republicans deadlocked as the federal government faces a shutdown

Washington, DC (KDVR) – Currently, health care financing is the thorny point for the closure of the federal government, as both sides focus on financing measures on this. The Democratic President describes the “minority radical left” and says they want to spend more than one trillion dollars “to continue in free health care” for illegal … Read more

How Democrats pressured U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett to step aside for the next generation

This article was first published on September 8, 2025 by Texas Tribune, a non -prominent profitable media organization that teaches Texas – and participates with them – about public policy, policy, government and state issues. Washington, DC (Texas Tribune– When Republicans revealed a new map of Congress, the number of democratic areas in Texas, the … Read more

Abbott calls second special session after Texas Democrats maintain quorum break

NexStar – at the sixth consecutive time, the Texas house failed to reach the old quorum required of 100 members to overcome work on Friday morning, where five members fell as Democratic lawmakers were outside the state to prevent plans to re -divide Republicans. According to their speech, the Republican leadership officially ended the first … Read more

Lawmakers will start with a clean slate if Democrats fail to return Friday, governor calls for second special session

ASAN- With the Democrats remaining in Texas in the House of Representatives outside the state to prevent the draft law to re-divide the controversial circles, the governor of the state threatened Greg Abbott to contact a second special session in a row, which raised questions about the meaning of these legislative sessions already and how … Read more

Second bomb threat reported at Illinois hotel housing Texas Democrats

(The Hill) – The local police reported on Friday – St. Charles Police DepartmentHe said in a press releaseThey responded to a report on a potential threat in the bombs at 8:32 am on Friday at the Q-Center. The administration said: “The Saint Charles Police Department, in coordination with the Ken County Office Bomb Bomb … Read more

Texas AG says he’s filed suit to remove 13 absent state Democrats from office in redistricting fight

On Friday, Democrats in Texas challenged the Republican governor Greg Abbot Soon after, the state’s Republican Attorney General went to the court to try to remove some of them. The new Congress maps offered by the Republican Republican Party will give more seats in Congress-which may allow the Republican Party to control the US House … Read more