Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier today, U.S. Senator John Cornyn spoke on the Senate floor urging Senate Democrats to protect seniors from Medicare cuts to fund Obamacare. The Senator’s remarks come as the Administration makes changes to Medicare Advantage that will cause premiums to increase, reduce choices and result in seniors losing access […]

‘More power to taxpayers, less power to the IRS’ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — “These bills have a simple goal – more power to taxpayers, less power for government agencies like the IRS,” said Texas Cong. Kevin Brady, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, after the House of Representatives passed six bills Tuesday evening […]

Calls on IRS to scrap proposed rules and recommends alternative action  Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today submitted comments to the IRS regarding recently proposed rules that would stifle the free speech of 501(c)(4) political organizations and suggested alternative action that would prevent the agency from entangling itself in […]

By Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The impact of international trade can be felt in every town, city, and business across the United States.  It creates jobs, supports small businesses, and puts more money in the pocket of hardworking Americans. We have a responsibility to our nation’s still fragile economy to […]

By Michelle Malkin Bad boy-turned-bellyacher Alec Baldwin threw a 5,000-word, seven-page pity party for himself in the entertainment media he says he abhors. Hey, what better way for a Hollywood narcissist to protest the attention-starved shallowness of celebrity life than to wallow in it to the bitter end? The rage-filled actor’s bloated face is on the […]

By Dr. Ben Carson Most of us can remember feeling that someone had done us a great injustice. On those occasions, we want nothing more than to exact revenge. I remember being unfairly treated as a lowly ROTC cadet by one of the sergeants who resented the fact that my brother had been promoted to captain […]

By James Freeman – Wall Street Journal Barack Obama speaks to his old campaign comrades at Organizing for Action. HOLY OBAMACARE Last night in Washington President Obama addressed the national meeting of Organizing for Action, the outfit formerly known as his re-election campaign. Young OFA volunteers have been redeployed to the task of persuading Americans […]

By Ben Barrack Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The good news is that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), has sent a letter to the Attorneys for former IRS Tax Exemption Director, Lois Lerner, that requires her to testify in front of the Committee on March 5th. More […]

Today’s Logic Letter, By Lynn Woolley Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Dear Lojiks, What have we come to? Is it the people versus the establishment? Lou Ann Anderson is a dogged and determined investigative reporter. I know. She used to be executive producer of the Lynn Woolley Show. If you’re involved in political malfeasance, […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today charged an Austin-based residential construction contractor with deceiving Texas homeowners and misrepresenting funding sources available to pay for home repairs and restoration.

Tea Party Conservatives Coalesce Around Authentic Conservative Dan Patrick Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Today, the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune released new poll data showing Dan Patrick has closed the gap with 12-year incumbent David Dewhurst in the race for Lt. Governor.

By Michael Barone Former House Speaker Tip O’Neill famously said that all politics is local. And it mostly was, in his time: He was first elected to the Massachusetts legislature’s lower house in 1936 and became its speaker in 1949, and was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1952 and became its speaker […]

By Cal Thomas After much criticism from conservative quarters, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided, at least for now, to withdraw plans for its proposed study of how media organizations gather and report news. The expressed goal of the survey was to determine if the “critical information needs” of the public are being met. In […]

By Timothy P. Carney Our President is battling in court against nuns who don’t want to pay for birth control — and the President’s supporters in the media are calling the nuns theocrats for fighting back. The Little Sisters of the Poor don’t count as religious enough to be exempt from President Obama’s mandate that all […]

By Philip Rucker and Paul Kane,  Washington Post At the headquarters where Republicans are plotting their takeover of the Senate, camouflage netting hangs from the ceiling and walls. Military surplus sandbags are piled up around operatives’ desks. And an ex-Marine named Ward Baker rattles off statistics that add up to trouble for Democrats.

By Byron York  When controversy erupted over the FCC’s media-study/article/2544410″>now-suspended plan to question journalists in newsrooms around the country, some conservative critics saw a grossly unconstitutional attempt to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. Others saw a grossly unconstitutional attempt to press the Obama administration agenda on a broad range of issues.

By Susan Crabtree A senior Health and Human Services official was so frustrated last May over the White House‘s “disarray” on health care before the launch of Obamacare insurance exchanges that he warned of needing a “come to Jesus meeting” with his counterparts.

By Katie Pavlich Yesterday Republican Senator Marco Rubio took to the Senate floor to address the ongoing crisis in Venezuela and to push back against Democratic Senator Tom Harkin’s praise of Cuba after visiting the country and touting its healthcare system.