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House Judiciary Committee debates gun control bill amid recent deadly shootings

WASHINGTON — Voices cracked and emotions ran high as the House Judiciary Committee opened a meeting Thursday to vote on a bill with a swath of gun control proposals, the first push on broad legislation after a recent rash of mass shootings across the country.

Tribune News Service · Jun 3, 2022

Texas’ Louie Gohmert lashes out at gun reform debate. ‘You don’t think we have hearts?’

Texas congressman Louie Gohmert delivered an emotional rebuttal in defense of gun rights during a House gun reform hearing Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022

‘How dare you?’: Louie Gohmert has emotional outburst at gun bill hearing

Mr Gohmert is in his final term in Congress after losing a primary election for the Republican nomination to be the Texas attorney general

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022

What Texas’ primaries will tell us

WASHINGTON — Texas voters go to the polls Tuesday for the first major primaries of the 2022 election cycle.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

What Texas’ primaries will tell us - Roll Call

Redistricting made fewer districts competitive, making primaries more important in deciding who will fill Texas House seats.

Roll Call · Feb 28, 2022

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and three challengers vie for the Republican primary nomination

Four candidates are running in the Mar. 1 Republican primary election for Texas Attorney General—incumbent Ken Paxton, George P. Bush, Louis Gohmert, and Eva Guzman.

Ballotpedia · Feb 9, 2022

Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Court rulings and new maps – the latest on redistricting

Welcome to the Wednesday, February 9, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Feb 9, 2022

Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 8

On Jan. 24, three Republican state Senate candidates in Texas rejected a joint endorsement from LIBRE Action—the political action committee affiliated with the LIBRE Initiative—and Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Action. Pete Flores (SD-24), Mayes Middleton (SD-11), and state Rep. Tan Parker (SD-12) cited disagreement with the LIBRE Initiative’s positions on…

Ballotpedia · Feb 3, 2022

Gohmert’s race for Texas Attorney General largely financed by two Texas House members

AUSTIN, Texas – East Texas congressman Louie Gohmert pledged last fall to jump into the crowded GOP contest for attorney general only if he could raise $1 million in 10 days.

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2022