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State of the State: Texas Is 40th Overall. Greg Abbott and Texan Republicans in Congress Aren't Helping.

Texas ranks 40th of 50 on the measures we track, with the second-worst food insecurity and second-worst women's health scores in the country. Greg Abbott signed the abortion ban and the school voucher law, never expanded Medicaid, and now runs on affordability after property tax levies rose to $89.4 billion and home insurance premiums rose 79%. Here is the record, and what each of the seventeen Republicans running for reelection has been busy with.

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Americans Say Groceries Are Their Biggest Money Worry. House Republicans Spent the Evening of September 1 Voting to Condemn Socialism.

Americans Say Groceries Are Their Biggest Money Worry. House Republicans Spent the Evening of September 1 Voting to Condemn Socialism.

H.Res. 1490 passed 220-192. It changes no law and spends no money. Its one concrete demand is the SAVE America Act, a proof-of-citizenship rule of the kind Kansas tried — where 31,089 people could not register, against 39 confirmed noncitizens the state found in the previous 14 years. 189 members with a page on this site voted yes.

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208 House Republicans Just Voted to Lock In the Food-Safety Layoffs. Complaints About Contaminated Meat Had Risen 40%.

H.R. 8646 passed 213-210 on June 4. It comes in $380 million below last year and, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses "to account for staffing reductions" — the nearly 4,300 FDA and roughly 900 meat-inspection jobs already gone. 188 members with a page on this site voted yes. Four voted no.

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One in Every 14 Union Members in America Just Lost Their Contract by Executive Order. 195 House Republicans Voted to Keep It That Way.

One in Every 14 Union Members in America Just Lost Their Contract by Executive Order. 195 House Republicans Voted to Keep It That Way.

Two executive orders, plus an earlier move against TSA screeners, stripped collective bargaining from 84.4% of the unionized federal workforce. A bipartisan bill to restore it passed the House 231-195 — every Democrat for it, 195 Republicans against — and the Senate has sat on it for eight months.

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August Pfluger Writes Energy Policy. His Brother Runs a Permian Pipeline Company — and Put $9.8 Million Into Trump's Media Business.

August Pfluger Writes Energy Policy. His Brother Runs a Permian Pipeline Company — and Put $9.8 Million Into Trump's Media Business.

Karl Pfluger is president of Oryx Midstream in Midland. Reuters found he put $9.8 million into Trump Media in 2021-22. FEC records show Oryx executives — including Karl and the CEO — have given $117,950 to the congressman's committees. He sits on Energy and Commerce and pushes permitting reform.

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August Pfluger Wrote the Blueprint for the Next Budget Bill — and Said the Point Is That Democrats Can't Block It

August Pfluger Wrote the Blueprint for the Next Budget Bill — and Said the Point Is That Democrats Can't Block It

As chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Pfluger unveiled a framework for a second budget bill promising $1 trillion in deficit reduction. KFF projects the last one will cost Texas 480,000 people their health coverage and $27.9 billion in federal Medicaid funding. He calls the new one 'Making the American Dream Affordable Again.'

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