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There’s scant evidence that money in people’s pockets is holding our economy back.
This is partisan politics at its worst. Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) May 18, 2021
The announcements took the Twittersphere by storm, with many Texas Democrat leaders and abortion rights advocates disagreeing with Abbott s actions. Dyana Limon-Mercado, executive director of Planned Parenthood Texas Votes, the political arm of Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas, told the Texas Tribune a six-week ban essentially bans abortion outright.
On the federal unemployment issue, San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro tweeted Abbott s action is partisan politics at its worst.  
Texas unemployment rate is still double its pre-COVID level, Castro wrote in a tweet Monday. @GovAbbott s rejection of the $300 weekly federal jobless aid will hurt over 300,000 Texans. There s scant evidence that money in people s pockets is holding our economy back. ....

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