|
Rational Middle Podcast Makes the Case for Employment-Based Visa Reform - A recent Rational Middle Podcast reveals how demographic imperatives in the US are increasing the economic need for immigration reforms. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Director of Domestic and Economic policy for the 2008 John McCain campaign, and President of the American Action Forum, discusses why reforms to the visa system are needed to help meet increasing workforce demands and how these reforms could help break the 26 year-long stalemate on bipartisan immigration reform.
Brady, Smith Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral House Bill Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - The Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act provides a stronger and more effective response to Russian aggression than the legislation pushed by President Biden this week, and it reflects bill text negotiated and agreed on a bipartisan, bicameral basis before the Biden Administration leaned on House Democrats to embrace a different approach.
This Ain’t Our First Rodeo - Recognized as the official sport of Texas, the history of rodeos in the Lone Star State dates much further back than its official proclamation by the Texas Legislature 25 years ago. The Spanish conquistadors and Spanish-Mexican settlers that first arrived in Texas came with horses and cattle, kicking off our state’s rich and deep roots in the livestock industry. This new livestock led to the rise of ranchers and vaqueros, or cowboys. After the Civil War, the Southwest became the hub for cattle drives, large ranches, and range cowboys which are now pillars of the celebrated culture we know today.
|
