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A Republican wants to add exceptions for rape and incest to Texas’ new near-total abortion ban. He faces an uphill climb.
Read full article: A Republican wants to add exceptions for rape and incest to Texas’ new near-total abortion ban. He faces an uphill climb.The proposal comes almost two weeks after Gov. Greg Abbott’s comments that the state would “eliminate all rapists.”
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Point of Order: Republican state Rep. Lyle Larson, party of one
Read full article: Point of Order: Republican state Rep. Lyle Larson, party of oneIn the latest episode of our podcast about the Texas Legislature, Evan Smith talks to state Rep. Lyle Larson about his quixotic efforts to move his fellow Republicans to the center on issues like Medicaid expansion, local control and election law — to put the public good ahead of politics and partisanship, he says.
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Texas GOP’s voting bill passes key House vote
Read full article: Texas GOP’s voting bill passes key House voteTexas has become the latest Republican-dominated state to advance sweeping new limits on voting, despite no evidence of any problems with last year’s vote and a coalition of state and federal officials calling the 2020 presidential election the most secure in history.
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Texas GOP’s voting restriction bill passes key House vote
Read full article: Texas GOP’s voting restriction bill passes key House voteTexas has become the latest Republican-dominated state to advance sweeping new limits on voting, despite no evidence of any problems with last year’s vote and a coalition of state and federal officials calling the 2020 presidential election the most secure in history.
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