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Texans John Cornyn and Ted Cruz join GOP senators to block voting rights bill that would have protected voters of color
BY BETHANY IRVINE AND ABBY LIVINGSTON at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 3, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas joined GOP senators to block a federal voting rights bill that would have restored
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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz delays dozens of President Joe Biden’s ambassador nominations, stoking feud over national security
BY ABBY LIVINGSTON AND BETHANY IRVINE at The Texas Tribune, OCT. 27, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — By this point in the Trump administration, Kay Bailey Hutchison, a former U.S. senator from Texas, had been settled into her new Brussels-based post
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