One week after the heaviest rains recorded in the Brazilian city of Petropolis, the number of casualties was reported Tuesday to have reached 195, while 69 people remained missing and another 811 were still homeless after being evacuated.
Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro - File Photo
Dozens of Texas House Democrats arrived in Washington, D.C., Monday night. They left Texas to deprive the state House of a quorum for a special legislative session, and they hope their absence
San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro, as a state representative in 2003, participated in a similar quorum break to Oklahoma to stop redistricting bills with more than four dozen Democrats at the time.
Nearly 20 years later, Castro will assist his legislative counterparts during their potentially weeks-long stay in D.C. and support federal voting legislation.
Texas Public Radio’s Joey Palacios spoke to Castro Monday afternoon in San Antonio as the congressman prepared to return to the nation’s capital.
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