Sam Johnson News

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson congratulated seven local students who have been selected to receive prestigious Fulbright Awards.

On Wednesday, December 3, 2009, U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson filed official paperwork in Austin to run for re-election to represent the Third Congressional District.

U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson, who has served nearly two decades on Capitol Hill, today announced plans to run for a tenth full term.

Politics is once again making some very strange bedfellows. A senator once outspoken against homosexuality is teaming up with an openly gay lawmaker to ban discrimination.

On Oct. 6, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, a Democrat from Texas, introduced in Congress the Financial Education for Teachers and Students Act, which would authorize federal grants for pilot programs to teach financial literacy to middle and high school students.

Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson encouraged Texans to send 'Holiday Mail for Heroes' by the December 7 deadline.

Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, has introduced a bill in Congress to halt further spending to bail out financial institutions and automakers.

Tracey McKenzie's students thought she'd skipped town for a sociology conference when she canceled class at Collin College in Frisco this week.

A Utah legislative interim committee has advanced a bill that would allow prosecutors to seek criminal charges against women who seek late-term abortions.

Texas Needs Healthcare Reform! A recent Washington Post article shows that Texas seems to have the greatest proportion of Congressional districts with more than 25% of people uninsured.

The informational program is free and open to the public. There will be free blood pressure screenings.

URBANA – U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, is the only Republican member of the U.S. House to vote against both the Democratic health care bill that passed Saturday and a GOP-sponsored amendment that fell far short.

Late Saturday, after a rare weekend session--which included a trip by President Obama to the Capitol--the House narrowly approved a sweeping, historic health care measure.

WASHINGTON : President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US healthcare overhaul in a half-century. "This is our moment to deliver.

Please immediately call and ask your U.S. representative, Rep. Sam Johnson, to SUPPORT the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the health care bill, HR 3962.

Texas House members are mounting a late effort to delay new limits on physician-owned hospitals, putting them at odds with Democratic leaders who think the facilities drive up health care costs.

Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson congratulated McKinney resident Rebecca Noah Poynter after legislation helping military spouses she created and championed passed both Chambers of Congress; the measure now goes to the President for his signature to become law.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that the Texas Mezzanine Fund and the Dallas Development Fund will receive a total of $80,000,000 in tax credits from the U.S. Department of Treasury.

By MARIA RECIO, ANNA M. TINSLEY, DAVE MONTGOMERY and AMAN BATHEJA Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, minced no words over why House Democrats rejected recommending prosecutor Sarah Saldana for U.S. attorney for the Northern District: 'She was extremely pushy.'In an interview with the Star-Telegram , Johnson said Saldana, an assistant U.S.

As President Barack Obama's staff and Texas A&M University make final preparations for Friday's visit, protesters are also finalizing their plans.