taxes. and i think that a wealth tax may be a way for us to give some consideration to getting this down to a zero number again. because, as it was and is, we are not having any taxes we have taxes, but what we don t have is a deficit as a result of passage of the legislation. and i think we d like to get back to that, if we can. let s go on to redistricting, those efforts in your state. as you know, the texas statehouse and senate passed a final version of their congressional maps. this one no longer pits you against your democratic colleague sheila jackson lee. i remember speaking with her about this, and she was just so upset at the prospect of having to run against you potentially in a primary. what are your thoughts on this now, relief? well, there was never any relief that she and i would run against each other. we met, and this of course was
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of representatives and both of the state s senators out of a total of 25 officials, the congressional republican, just four responded. only one referred to the case. now, the question is, how do those who believe in abortion rights want to push the issue on this odious bill and the ones that are sure to follow? nancy northrop is the president and ceo of the center for reproductive rights who filed an emergency request to block the texas been ban. emily, executive director of an organization that helps elect democratic women in favor of abortion rights. i misspoke. the folks in the texas congressional delegation didn t right this bill. that s the texas statehouse and senate. want to correct that. nancy, there is actually a state court judge that has issued a sort of injunction directed at a specific class of people that just happened about an hour ago. can you explain what just happened in the state court?
democrats and republicans feel a moral responsibility to welcome afghan refugees. there s a lot of similarities between what s happening in the u.s./mexico border and in afghanistan. it is a humanitarian crisis. it is happening in our backyard. and the united states is directly and indirectly fueling what we re seeing on the screen right now. and melissa, as i understand it, this decision has big implications for the way that this court interacts with foreign policy in the united states. can you help us understand that piece of it? sure. as a general matter, the judiciary isn t supposed to have a real hand in the way that foreign policy is conducted. but this decision, which essentially allows a district court judge in texas to rule to reinstate the remain in mexico policy to go into effect in a week, basically pushes the biden administration to begin negotiating with mexico to reinstate that policy. so on the say-so of a single trial court judge in texas, the biden administration