By Thomas Sowell | If the continued existence of mathematics depended on the ability of the Republicans to defend the proposition that two plus two equals four, that would probably mean the end of mathematics and of all the things that require mathematics. Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, epitomized what has […]

By Phyllis Schlafly The Democrats are chanting that Republicans must fully fund Obamacare because it is the law of the land, passed by Congress, signed by the president and upheld by the Supreme Court. Therefore, they say, it must be obeyed and can’t be altered by Republicans who want to defund it. That argument is both […]

By Rachel Alexander The media is dramatically reporting that the federal government shut down on October 1 – yet hardly anyone has noticed. This is because it is not really a “government shutdown.” If only a few non-essential government functions have been temporarily halted, it is misleading to characterize it as if the entire government has […]

“Texas Talk” questions run the Political Gamut Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “The bulk of Texas’ population is in our Urban (big city) Counties, and when you add up the 210 of all 254 Texas Counties that are Rural, meaning they have less that 50,000 people in them, all added together they amount to […]

Congress is exempted from the furloughs By Joe Carter Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under the Constitution, Congress must pass laws to spend money. If Congress can’t agree on a spending bill the government does not have the legal authority to spend money. Since 1976, there have been 17 shutdowns, though before the 1980’s […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC — This morning U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Candy Crowley on CNN’s State of the Union to discuss the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations, Harry Reid’s government shutdown, and stopping the harms coming from Obamacare. Video is available here. Excerpts from Sen. Cruz: “We need to deal with the fact […]

By Mitch McConnell As we head into the second week of a government shutdown, many in Washington are busy assigning blame. Far more constructive, in my view, would be for all sides to be working together toward a solution. Nobody expects us to agree on everything, but ordinary citizens should not be caught in the middle. […]

“. . .  the House voted to make certain that FEMA has the resources to continue to provide emergency disaster assistance.” Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the federal government shutdown continues, the House of Representatives has passed targeted spending bills for national emergency disaster recovery and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, […]

By Sandy Fitzgerald Republicans put out clean spending measures all last week in an attempt to reopen the government, but Democrats are blocking every move, Sen. Rand Paul insisted Sunday. “We have been trying to fund the government,” the Kentucky senator said NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We’ve been trying to reopen the government, and at […]

From Congressman John Carter Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the last week, members of the Armed Forces have been without many of their chaplains due to a lapse in funding from the government shutdown. The Obama Administration and the Democrat-controlled Senate are finding every way possible to make sure this shutdown truly hurts […]

38 Point Lead Against Her Nearest Opponent Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – SAN ANTONIO – Texas State Senator Donna Campbell, remains poised for victory even with the addition of another opponent for the March 4, 2014 Republican Primary election.  In poll results released today, Campbell stands her ground as the prohibitive favorite.

HR 3223 ensures that all employees retroactively receive back pay once the federal government re-opens Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. ­– Today, Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) voted in favor of HR 3223, the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act which passed the House of Representatives. “From the beginning, I have been deeply concerned about the […]

By Star Parker Let’s get clear about the political realities behind the budget impasse in Washington and the government shutdown. Nothing captures the distortions being perpetrated more than the headline of a Washington Post column by Anne Applebaum that reads: “The GOP Undermines Democracy.” And, according to President Barack Obama, a “faction” of Republicans (read “tea […]

By Ann Coulter For readers interested in an Obamacare column this week, please refer to the 40,000 columns I’ve written on the subject from 2008 to last week. This one’s about AMC’s smash TV series “Breaking Bad” — the most Christian Hollywood production since Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ.” (Not surprisingly, both were big […]

Conn Carroll In ten days, the U.S. Treasury will be left with just $30 billion cash on hand, and no legal authority to borrow the additional money needed to pay all of the United States’s financial obligations. And yet, for some reason, markets are not acting like the U.S. will default on its debt payments. […]

AG tours Estrella’s House in Edinburg, discusses CAC’s ongoing programs to protect children Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (EDINBURG) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today met with Victoria Medina, executive director for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hidalgo County, to tour Estrella’s House in Edinburg and discuss the facility’s continued efforts to help young victims […]

‘Members of Congress should not be treated differently, certainly no better, than the rest of America when it comes to the law of the land. So those who cast that vote, who walked that plank last night, will be held accountable in the 2014 election.’ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senator John Cornyn […]

‘Let’s end this special treatment for Congress that no one can justify and get the government working again.’ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Texas Congressman Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding the Senate Democrats’ refusal to go to conference to work out a continuing […]