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Standing in front of a wall-to-wall rifle display, U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, told a small group of constituents and journalists Wednesday at McBride’s Guns that the Obama administration's effort to restrict gun access in response to recent mass shootings is “slogans over solutions.”
By: Todd J. Gillman
The House has agreed 285-144 to stave off potential federal default for at least three more months by suspending the government’s debt ceiling. Some 33 Republicans voted against party leadership in protest. But 199 Republicans voted for it, and with 86 Democrats joining them (111 Democrats opposed the bill), it sailed through. Roll call here.
By: John Austin
If newly elected U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, has his way, the 113th Congress will trim the executive branch so severely that Presidend Barack Obama will be flying commercial.
The line got a laugh at a Friday morning meet-and-greet at the Burleson Area Chamber of Commerce, where the newly elected congressman for the 25th District told about 40 supporters that they’d be seeing a lot more of him during his first term.
The 113th session of the U.S. Congress convened in Washington, D.C. Thursday, January 3.
But by Monday, January 7, Williams was back in District 25, meeting with his constituents in town hall meetings.
By: Matt Smith
House Speaker John Boehner officially swore in Johnson County’s new Congressman Roger Williams on Thursday on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Williams represents the newly redrawn Congressional District 25, which includes Johnson County. CD-17 U.S. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Bryan, formerly represented Johnson County. Redistricting, as required by population growth reflected in 2010 Census data, moved Johnson County from CD-17 to CD-25.
The One Hundred Thirteenth United States Congress is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2015.