Henry Cuellar for Congress | Proven Leadership for Texas

National Journal, a leading source of non-partisan reporting on nationwide politics and policy, released a report analyzing how all 535 members of the House and Senate voted on key economic, social and foreign policy issues during 2009. According to the in-depth annual report, Congressman Cuellar is one of the leading centrists in Congress based on his independent voting record in the House.

Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) recently helped pass a jobs package in the House on March 4, 2010 that includes $13 billion worth of tax breaks for businesses to hire unemployed workers, plus a payroll tax holiday and increased tax write-offs for the nation’s small businesses. The package aims to help stabilize America’s small businesses while creating tax incentives to hire new workers.

Laredo, Texas -- The hardened dirt road turns off Highway 359 and runs under a simple iron archway. It's an easily forgettable entryway into one of the nation's poorest neighborhoods, the San Carlos "colonia" on the outskirts of this Texas border town. When you cross, it's like entering a different world.

President Obama is putting the final touches on his budget, which goes to Congress this morning. But even as the budget package is being finished, conservative Democrats, better known as the "Blue Dogs," are weighing in on what they believe the President's budget priorities should be.

WASHINGTON -- To prevent another undercount that state officials believe cost Texas $1 billion last decade, Census Director Robert Groves is touring neighborhoods along the U.S.-Mexico border today to map out a better strategy for the count. Groves will visit neighborhoods near Laredo to encourage residents to respond to census questionnaires.