The Texas Congressman takes sisterhood very seriously. She has often lifted up two legendary members of the sorority: Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress, and Barbara ...

U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar of Laredo and Vicente Gonzalez of McAllen were the only two Democrats in the House to back the bill, ...

The 119th Congress officially kicked off on January 3rd with 21 women being sworn in for the first time. Here are some of the ...

Eddie Bernice Johnson represented Texas' 30th Congressional District for 30 years ... she was the first Black woman elected to public office in Dallas County. Days after Johnson’s death, an ...

The South Carolina Republican had asked the Texas Democrat if she wanted "to take it outside" during a heated House meeting.

Congresswoman Johnson never forgot the servicemen and women she treated there, and fought to increase funding and resources for veteran and mental healthcare from her early days in the Texas ...

With the house floor as a backdrop inside of the Texas' Capitol, Dallas Representative Venton Jones (D) proposed to the first person he told he was going to run for office. Jones, asked Gregory Scott, ...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s heated exchange with Rep. Nancy Mace has recently gone viral. Learn five quick facts about the Texas ...

Instead of counting on hard-to-come-by local donors, three City Hall outsiders tapped their personal and professional ...

The measure, which would require that medical providers resuscitate infants born alive during abortions, has no path to ...

Texas Congressmen Vicente Gonzalez ... (The November election, by the way, was when the first transgender woman — Congresswoman Sarah McBride — was elected to the U.S. House.) ...