By Darrell Issa Our inquiry has a long way to go. Shortly after the IRS Tea Party targeting scandal became public in May, Obama administration officials, along with their allies in Congress and the news media, began a campaign to push the scandal as far away from their own backyard as possible.
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today voted to delay Obamacare’s mandates on employers, families and individuals and protect all Americans from the devastating consequences it will have on jobs, on healthcare, and on our economy. These mandates are already forcing employers to stop hiring new workers and will require all […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (BELTON, Texas) – Gov. Rick Perry today highlighted the fiscally conservative policies that have helped strengthen Texas’ jobs climate, including the state’s low taxes, smart regulations, fair courts and skilled workforce. The governor spoke at the Texas Association of Business Central Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding House passage of H.R. 2668, the Fairness for American Families Act, and H.R. 2667, the Authority for Mandate Delay Act:
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — “This is an historic day for the State of Texas with Governor Rick Perry’s signing of House Bill 2. We have shown the nation that Texans support life. “I am proud to have supported this legislation which will provide protection for unborn children who are capable of feeling pain, […]
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC . . . Last evening Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-04) voted in support of H.R. 2667, Authority Mandate Delay Act, and H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act. These bills, which passed the House 264-161 and 251-174 respectively, would delay by one year the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (“Obamacare”) […]
By Karl Rove Three big unions worry that the health law will hurt their members’ benefits and paychecks. The letter was unusually harsh. Addressed to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, it was really intended for President Barack Obama. The letter was not from Mr. Obama’s GOP adversaries but from […]
By Larry Elder Someone did an experiment to test an old tale — that a frog placed in a pot of cool water, which is then slowly and continuously heated, will be boiled to death. By contrast, if thrown directly into scalding hot water, the frog jumps out. But it turns out that, no, once […]
By Ann Coulter Black liberals keep bemoaning the danger to their own teenage sons after the “not guilty” verdict in George Zimmerman’s murder trial. To avoid what happened to Trayvon Martin, their boys need only follow this advice: Don’t walk up to a stranger and punch him, ground-and-pound him, MMA-style, and repeatedly smash his head against […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) addressed the unraveling of Obamacare on the Senate floor today and called on President Obama to support the rule of law by applying the same rules for all Americans, not waivers and exceptions for some. The full speech can be seen here and excerpts of his remarks are […]
By Paul Bedard Feeling let down by a president they once had high expectations for, blacks, Hispanics and younger voters are starting to give up on President Obama. Pollster John Zogby told Secrets that his latest poll found a big drop in support for the president among the three key constituencies who feel that Obama hasn’t […]
By Daniel Doherty Correct me if I’m wrong — but is there single political issue the mainstream media care less about than school choice? I mean, they obsess over trials that never should have been prosecuted, let alone politicized, and fawn over women who defend late-term abortion “rights,” but when it comes to a movement that […]
Addresses Black American Leadership Alliance, DC March for Jobs Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke at the Black American Leadership Alliance’s D.C. March for Jobs to address concerns with the aspect of the Gang of Eight bill that would impose a penalty on U.S. employers for hiring U.S. citizens […]
Family Health Care Accessibility Act Encourages Physician Volunteers Texas Insider Report: Washington, D.C. — Congressman Gene Green (TX-29) and Rep. Tim Murphy (PA-18) today re-introduced the Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2013, a measure to break down the barriers to doctor volunteerism at community health centers (CHC).
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Vietnam Heroes Exhibit begins its tour of Texas in August as it leaves the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin to move to the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio, where it will remain through the month of August.
Vows to continue working for the conservative principles of Irving & Grand Prairie Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “It is an honor to serve the families and businesses of Irving and Grand Prairie. Blessed and humbled by so many calls urging me to seek another term as State Representative, today I am excited to […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs today announced a partnership with the Texas Library Association to provide all public libraries and more than 1,100 public elementary schools with nutrition and fitness-related books and DVDs geared to children and pre-teens in the fight against obesity.
By Michelle Malkin Welcome to the Obama administration’s cringe-inducing non sequitur of the week. On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder continued stoking the fires of racial resentment over a Florida jury’s acquittal of George Zimmerman. In an address to NAACP leaders, who are demanding federal intervention, Holder attacked Stand Your Ground self-defense laws. All together now: […]
