Excerpt
Senate Democrats on Wednesday turned back a move by Republicans to block the Justice Department from pursuing its lawsuit seeking to overturn Arizona's controversial immigration law.
The bid by South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint to nix the lawsuit came out on the losing end of a 55-43 vote. Five Democrats voted to block the lawsuit while two Republicans voted against the measure.
ALSO
"GOP policies not exactly welcoming to Latinos" by Veronica Flores-Paniagua, San Antonio Express-News 7/24/2010
Excerpt
State Republican Party Chairman Steve Munisteri is unabashed in his criticism of his party's failure to reach out to Hispanics.
“You can't lose 95 percent of the African American vote and 75 percent of the Hispanic vote and expect to win an election in this state in the next decade or two,” Munisteri said after this week's launch of the Hispanic Republicans of Texas, a get-out-the-Hispanic-candidate effort.
No comments:
Post a Comment