Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs today announced an interactive Web page where Texans can easily view information on November bond proposals being issued by cities, school districts, counties and special purpose districts around Texas. 

70 years not too late for longtime nursing home watchdog Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (HOUSTON) – Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson decided seven decades is too long for one of the state’s foremost advocates of nursing home residents to go without a bump in military rank.

By Marco Rubio Over the next two weeks, the sad spectacle that is Washington will be on full display as Congress and President Obama debate yet another short-term spending plan, also known as a continuing resolution (CR). Early in my Senate term, I realized these short-term CR’s were a miserable way to run the federal […]

By Guy Benson CNN’s putrid Obamacare numbers, which we broke down last week, could have been an outlier.  They were not.  USA Today/Pew: Opposition hits new highs: 53% disapprove of the health care law, the highest level since it was signed; 42% approve. By an even wider margin, intensity favors the opposition; 41% of those surveyed […]

By Star Parker Whether we are talking about respect for a nation or for an individual, nothing undermines respect more than duplicity — saying one thing and acting differently. I think it is a big reason why President Barack Obama’s Tuesday speech to the nation, in which he attempted to explain why he has proposed […]

By Don Zimmerman Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Progressives cleverly misappropriate the civil rights argument to sexual preference, knowing they can demand civil rights remedies like quotas for hiring and adoptions that give preference to SSM couples. The argument for the oxymoronic “Same Sex Marriage” (SSM) is a stool with two flimsy legs. One, that homosexual […]

By César Martinez & Gebe Martinez Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Looking ahead to further possible Congressional debate on common-sense Immigration Reform, we have not forgotten the legislative missteps of the past decade, when many were excited by the prospect of real reform only to be disillusioned by its failure at the hands of political miscalculations and […]

This Week’s Congressional Vote & the Administration Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas –  “Number one, we have to know beyond a doubt that chemical weapons have been used. But second, we also have to have a purpose before we take any action … just to go in with a quick military strike that doesn’t accomplish anything significant is not the […]

Texas Insider Report: FORT WORTH, Texas – “Make no mistake: Flextronics and Motorola could have put this facility anywhere in the world, but they chose Texas. By freeing people to create, experiment and innovate, we truly bring out their best. And they bring out the best in Texas,” said Gov. Rick Perry earlier today, while […]

By Guy Benson Kerry’s accidental gambit in London — the details of which we’ll discuss in a moment — may have opened up a face-saving escape route for the president, and not a moment too soon.  It’s not like it’s been smooth sailing for Obama since his re-election, but let’s face it: Drawing a red line, […]

“If you oppose Obamacare, don’t fund Obamacare.” Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Last night, news reports surfaced that the House of Representatives might vote to ‘defund Obamacare’ in a way that easily allows Senate Democrats to keep funding Obamacare. If House Republicans go along with this strategy, they will be complicit in the disaster […]

By Byron York Lindsey Graham, perhaps the Senate’s leading hawk on military intervention in Syria, says the most important part of U.S. strategy there is “supporting vetted opposition forces.” Bob Corker, ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says he is dismayed by “the lack of support we are giving to the vetted moderate opposition.” […]

The 27th District unanimously opposes involvement in Syria –  why I will vote “No” on approving a U.S. military strike Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – This week marked the end of a productive Constituent Work Period. Over the last several weeks, I traveled the 27th District to hear your concerns and gain your input […]

Director Venable to shift focus to nationwide policy role, new state director search ensues. Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Americans for Prosperity announced today that current State Director Peggy Venable will be elevated to the newly-created role of Senior States Policy Advisor, where she will share her wealth of experience to help other AFP […]

By Chuck Norris While President Barack Obama and Congress pontificate over whether Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons on his own people and whether a limited U.S. attack on Syria would be justified, what Washington needs to realize is this: Assad launched sarin on its citizens in hopes of moving the U.S. like a chess […]

By Stephen Tryon This week, Congress will vote on a resolution to use military force to respond to the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons against its own people.  Congress should vote no on the immediate use of force because it is not the strongest, most effective way America can respond to the Assad regime’s […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (EDINBURG) – Gov. Rick Perry today was joined by the Rio Grande Valley Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse and members of the medical community to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the passage of landmark medical liability reform in Texas.

By Loren Thompson Sometime this week, Congress will begin voting on a resolution that would support President Obama’s proposal to launch limited strikes against the military forces of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad as retribution for their use of chemical weapons.  Although Washington is divided on the advisability of carrying out the strikes, there is virtual unanimity […]