Texas House speaker urges accuracy in Confederate plaques
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus calls for truthful historical context at the Capitol, condemning the Children of the Confederacy Creed plaque as misleading. He urges calm, reasoned discussion on monuments, citing Dallas removal near Lee Park and urging Fort Worth dialogue on Jefferson Davis Park.
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Ecently
Texas
Joe Straus
San Antonio
Capitol
Dallas
Robert E. Lee
Lee Park
Fort Worth
Jefferson Davis Park
Lawmakers and federal officials contact details list
U.S. Representatives Conaway Hurd Neugebauer Craddick Landgraf and Senators Cornyn Cruz Seliger Uresti are listed with district or office addresses in Midland Odessa Lubbock Amarillo and San Antonio. Includes Capitol offices phone numbers and emails for official channels. Local Texas state offices in Midland Odessa and Austin appear with contact routes.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Canhon
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Washington
D.C
Cornyn
Senate
Ted Cruz
Dirksen Senate
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Randy.house.gov
Tom Craddick
Republican
Capitol
P.O
Austin
Tinyurl
Brooks Landgraf
Odessa
West 4Th St
Capitol Extension
Brooks.landgraf
House State
X.us
Sen
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
Eastridge Road
P.O. Box
Kel.seliger
State
Carlos Uresti
San Antonio
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PRC
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Congress dodges war power debate in Senate vote
The piece argues 61 senators tabled Rand Paul’s amendment to repeal the 2001 and 2002 war authorizations, blocking a debate on endless conflicts. It contrasts past presidents’ actions with senators’ reluctance to challenge presidential use of force and cites critics including Obama Trump Clinton and several senators.
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Syria
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R-Ky
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Afghanistan
Paul
Donald Trump
America
Barack Obama
ISIS
Obama
Libya
Yemen
Nigeria
Somalia
Trump
Hillary Clinton
Mike Lee
Utah
Dean Heller
Nev
Marco Rubio
Fla
Claire McCaskill
D-Mo
Sheldon Whitehouse
D-R.l
Jeanne Shaheen
D-N.h
Trump Tower
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