For Roger Williams, the annual Congressional Baseball Game is personal
The Texan is hoping to leverage a life of elite baseball experience to propel his squad past its vaunted Democratic rivals. Full Story
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Adam Willis
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Adam Willis was a Washington reporting fellow for the Texas Tribune in 2019. Previously he worked as a research assistant to Politico's Peter Canellos while freelancing stories for publications like the Boston Globe, Slate, the Virginia Quarterly Review, and Politico Magazine. In the fall of 2018 he reported from the Philippines on the response of the Catholic Church to the country's war on drugs, a project supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. He is a 2017 graduate of the University of Virginia, where he studied English Literature and edited an online pop-culture publication.
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![Coached by U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, Republican members of the House of Representatives practice for their annual matchup with their Democratic colleagues, in Washington, D.C. on June 20, 2019.]()
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After delay initiated by U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, Congress finally passes $19.1 billion disaster aid package
The bill includes a provision aimed at forcing the federal government to release more than $4 billion to Texas that Congress allocated to the state more than a year ago. Full Story
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![Jeremy Boutor removes personal items on an air mattress from his home in a neighborhood along Eldridge Parkway, flooded by waters released from Addicks Reservoir on Aug. 30, 2017, adding to from Hurricane Harvey.]()
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Texans in Congress push for release of billions in Harvey aid approved more than a year ago
Texas, Puerto Rico and other communities hit by major natural disasters have been waiting for over a year to receive their shares of $16 billion in grant funding approved by Congress. Full Story
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![Workers start clearing water damaged floors and walls from a house in the Houston suburb of Cypress after Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017.]()
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