Past Contributions

• All Texans in Congress now have money to pay interns. Will they?

  By Gabe Schneider April 11, 2019

  Congressional internships in Washington, D.C., have traditionally been unpaid. While some Texans in Congress have paid some of their interns in the past, those opportunities were not always well-publicized. Full Story 

• Meet the small El Paso publishing house behind the book Beto O'Rourke co-wrote about legalizing pot

  By Gabe Schneider March 29, 2019

  Cinco Puntos Press has been publishing books that invoke a "sensibility of border life" for decades, including the only book authored, in part, by O'Rourke. Full Story 

• Ted Cruz fined $35,000 for not properly disclosing campaign loans from Goldman Sachs, Citibank

  By Gabe Schneider March 15, 2019

  The resolution comes three years after the complaint against Cruz was first filed and seven years after his U.S. Senate campaign. Full Story 

• Ted Cruz and John Cornyn vote against Joaquin Castro’s resolution blocking Trump's emergency order

  By Gabe Schneider Updated: March 14, 2019

  But multiple Republican senators joined Democrats in backing the resolution, which passed the Senate. President Donald Trump has said he'll veto the measure. Full Story 

• How U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro led the Democrats against President Donald Trump's emergency order

  By Gabe Schneider and Abby Livingston Feb. 26, 2019

  The San Antonio Democrat portrayed the resolution as a defense of the separation of powers among government branches. While Sen. John Cornyn said he will oppose the resolution, Sen. Ted Cruz was less clear on his stance. Full Story 

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, John Cornyn spar over his tweet quoting Benito Mussolini

  By Gabe Schneider Feb. 26, 2019

  Cornyn's tweet compared Mussolini's fascism to democratic socialism. Full Story 

• Are there restrictions on how U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro can promote his brother for president?

  By Gabe Schneider Feb. 21, 2019

  For his 2020 campaign for president, Julián Castro selected his twin brother, a Democratic representative from San Antonio, as his campaign chairman. Full Story 

• In State of the Union speech, Trump continues hammering Congress over border wall funding

  By Julián Aguilar, Gabe Schneider and Abby Livingston Updated: Feb. 5, 2019

  Raising warnings of out-of-control illegal immigration and soaring crime by immigrants — including debunked claims about El Paso's crime — the president tried to pressure Congress to end a stalemate over border wall funding and avert another government shutdown. Full Story 

• The BLAKE Act falls short of applying to its namesake, Blake Farenthold

  By Gabe Schneider Feb. 5, 2019

  The bill, written to to prevent members of Congress from lobbying if they use taxpayer funds without paying them back, would not affect state employees — like Blake Farenthold. Full Story 

• We asked every Texan in Congress whether the government shutdown over President Trump's border wall is worth it

  By Gabe Schneider and Darla Cameron Jan. 24, 2019

  When asked whether the stalemate over President Trump's border wall is worth federal employees missing their paychecks, Texans in Congress appear to be divided along party lines — save for Republican U.S. Rep. Will Hurd. Full Story