by Elena Schneider | Oct 28, 2013 | Politics
Foster Care Kids Targets For Sex Trafficking, Lawmakers Say from Medill Washington on Vimeo. WASHINGTON–Lawmakers and advocates gathered on Capitol Hill last week to testify that children in the foster care system are more vulnerable to domestic sex trafficking....
by Elena Schneider | Oct 24, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON — One of Congress’s most well-documented and visible responsibilities is to simply vote. On each bill, dozens of votes may be required and they are usually recorded. But sometimes, members don’t show up for them. Sometimes they are back in their...
by Elena Schneider | Oct 15, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The federal shutdown has left some craft brewers in the lurch since the little-known Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, a branch of the Treasury Department, stopped processing permits for new breweries and for approvals needed for out-of-state...
by Elena Schneider | Oct 15, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Eight Democrats in Texas’ congressional delegation sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner on Monday outlining the effects of the federal government shutdown on the state and demanding a clean continuing resolution — legislation to fund the...
by Elena Schneider | Oct 9, 2013 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – More than 200 protestors were arrested after blocking a street near the Capitol Building during an immigration rally on Tuesday, including at least eight Democratic U.S. House members. One of them was U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Houston. “A misdemeanor charge...
