By former State Rep. Raul Torres Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Taking a closer look at politics in Texas I am saddened to have to say, “Government is broken.” As a member of the Texas House Appropriations Committee in 2011, I saw firsthand how our state government spent money on things it shouldn’t and […]
By Michael Barone All this year, House Speaker John Boehner has been taking criticism from all quarters. He is a squish selling out to the Obama administration and the Democrats, many conservatives charged when he engineered bipartisan (mostly Democratic) approval of higher tax rates on high earners rather than go over the fiscal cliff. He is […]
By Erick Erickson It is an odd fight. Such a weird little battle over meaningless and known outcomes. Conservatives, aware because of press reports and congressional leaks, knew what would be in the Paul Ryan-drafted budget plan. The conservative groups released statements in opposition to the plan based on what they had been told. But there […]
By Guy Benson Note well, Democrats: These complaints are unrelated to Obamacare’s failed roll-out, and are being driven by the vast majority of Americans covered on the employer-based market — whom the White House has falsely claimed will not be affected by the law’s changes: Americans who already have health insurance are blaming President Barack Obama’s […]
“We need new leadership,” says Patrick. Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “It (running for Lt. Governor) has been such a blessing, and its been fun … the travel wears you out, but getting in front of grassroots folks all over this state, getting in front of the entrepreneurs and hardworking business owners that I’ve […]
By Paul Bedard Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has had the best year of any Republican and virtually anyone in the world, ranking third in Rasmussen Report’s new poll of the of the “most influential” people in the world, behind Pope Francis and President Obama. In the new poll, Cruz, who made headlines for trying to […]
By Tim Mak Following House Speaker John Boehner‘s chiding of conservative outside groups, Rep. Paul Ryan on Sunday praised the groups as “indispensable” and a “valuable … part of our conservative family.” Ryan suggested that criticism of those groups be kept private, arguing that he prefers to keep “these conversations within our family.”
By Brian Huges For President Obama, 2013 will go down as a year of self-inflicted wounds, wasted political capital and missed opportunities that imperiled his second-term agenda and fundamentally changed how many Americans view his administration.
By Mark Tapscott When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Democratic majority blew up two centuries of Senate practice by repealing the filibuster on most presidential nominees, they killed a key procedural protection for the rights of minorities.
A new television ad by a Democratic-aligned super PAC in Louisiana is more than an early attack ad in an important Senate race. It’s an important sneak peek into what Democratic ads could look like in races all over the country next year.
Republicans Overwhelmingly Support Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 by a vote of 332-94. Over two-thirds of House Republicans supported the bill which cut the federal deficit by $23 […]
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House passed (332-94) a bipartisan budget agreement that funds the federal government through Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. Congressman Ralph Hall (TX-04) voted against the bill, citing concerns with inadequate spending cuts, reduction of cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for military retirees who are already underpaid, and the fact the bill […]
By Michael J. Boskin – The Wall Street Journal Be prepared for eligibility, payment and information protection debacles—and longer waits for care. The White House is claiming that the Healthcare.gov website is mostly fixed, that the millions of Americans whose health plans were canceled thanks to government rules may be able to keep them for […]
More than 1,400 statewide conference attendees, Commissioner Williams and Michelle Rhee Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (Fort Worth, Tex) – This week more than 1,400 charter school leaders gathered in Fort Worth, Tex., to attend the statewide Texas Charter Schools Conference (Dec. 11-13, 2013). This year’s conference entitled, “Blazing the Trail to Quality and […]
By John C. Goodman Here is irony: the people who talk the most about the need for a social safety net (including the president himself!) are cheerleaders for a health reform that is going to shred it. How is that happening? By means of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). Through the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the […]
By Star Parker A new study just published by the National Institute on Retirement Security – “Race and Retirement Insecurity in the United States”- presents a dismal snapshot of the state of retirement savings of minority American families. It reports that 54.3 percent of blacks work for employers that offer retirement plans compared to 62.3 […]
By Phillip Klein House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, lashed out at conservative groups Wednesday for criticizing the bipartisan budget deal before the details were released. But Boehner would be able to make that claim a lot more credibly if House Republican leaders would allow enough time for conservatives to study the legislation and lobby their members […]
We need to repeal all of the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare was created with an ostensibly noble purpose: to expand health coverage to some of the uninsured and to make health care more affordable. Three-and-a-half years ago, perhaps reasonable minds could have differed as to whether it would actually work. Today, there can be no […]
