On Wednesday, Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), a veteran of the Iraq War, dramatically chastised a federal contractor who claimed that a high school sports injury had rendered him a service-disabled veteran. Speaking during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Duckworth vividly described to a committee witness, Braulio Castillo, how she lives […]
Texas State Senator Wendy Davis had the eyes of the nation during her long filibuster of an anti-abortion bill. Davis tells Chris Hayes about the details of her test of will and endurance. She also said she’d be lying if she told us she didn’t have aspirations to run for a state-wide office in Texas. […]
Texas State Senator Wendy Davis talked with Rachel Maddow about the firebomb attack on her offices and the necessity of standing up to the radical right-wing agenda sweeping through state legislatures across the country. The segment was first aired on March 21, 2012. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Gov. Rick Perry announced there will be a second special session in an attempt to pass a sweeping Texas style abortion ban. It’s back to the drawing board for the SB5 bill. Evidently Wendy Davis pissed him off, and he will NOT allow a woman to thwart the GOP plan to take away a woman’s […]
Senator Davis took to the floor the Texas Senate at 11:18 a.m. in pink tennis shoes to begin what she hoped would be a nearly 13 hour filibuster of the bill. As the day went on, Davis’ filibuster caught fire on Twitter, and by the evening it was trending worldwide. The excitement peaked at 11:58 […]