U.S. Congress

On Thursday, the U.S. House narrowly passed a sweeping bill that slashes about $3.8 trillion in taxes by scaling back social safety net programs including Medicaid and SNAP.

A new study about potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP found that Texas could see its gross domestic product shrink by $7 billion.

On social media, Self later wrote “it is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.”

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule in early January to take medical debt off consumer credit reports. Texas experts say the change is a small but helpful step for patients, but its fate is unclear.

A new memo from the Office of Management and Budget appeared to say the freeze was reversed, but the White House said that only the original memo was rescinded, not the freeze itself.

A federal judge has paused a sweeping new plan from the Trump administration to halt categories of federal spending.

The Fort Worth Republican’s last vote in Congress was in July. She did not seek reelection this year.

Cruz made the announcement less than an hour before Republican senators were scheduled to vote for their next leader to replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell.

Democrats Jasmine Crockett and Marc Veasey and Republicans Beth Van Duyne and Keith Self discussed housing, the economy, immigration and more at the Dallas Regional Chamber's Congressional Forum.

Baylor Scott & White is renaming a nursing scholarship in the late congresswoman's honor and has contributed to a new nonprofit that will further the causes she championed in office.

Lee, a Houston Democrat, said she plans to continue serving but could have some occasional absences from Congress.

Craig Goldman, six-term Texas House member, clinched the Republican Party’s nomination for Texas’ 12th Congressional District.