By Susan Crabtree Sen. John McCain and Sen. Charles Schumer, the two leaders of the Senate Gang of Eight immigration negotiators, cast House Republicans’ stubborn refusal to take up the Senate-passed bill in a positive light Thursday. Instead of cajoling them to take up the upper chamber’s comprehensive bill, McCain, R-Ariz., and Schumer, D-N.Y., said […]

Ceremonially signs SB 24 at UT-Pan American, UT Brownsville Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (EDINBURG, Texas) – Gov. Rick Perry today was joined by The University of Texas System Chairman Gene Powell, Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) President Robert Nelson, The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) President Juliet Garcia […]

Grassroots, Social Media & Financial Support Rising Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — “Each new day brings fresh momentum to our campaign,” said Dallas State Rep. Dan Branch, announcing that Texans for Dan Branch will report over $4 million cash on hand prior to his much anticipated step into the Attorney General race to replace Greg […]

Proudest of Welfare Reform, Nursing Home Reform, Parks Restoration & Tax Cuts Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (KERRVILLE, TX) – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, announced today in a Personal Privilege Speech on the floor of the Texas House that he will not seek reelection next year.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (Kerrville, TX)– Kerr County Attorney and native Rob Henneke has announced his intention to run in the 2014 Republican Primary to replace Harvey Hilderbran following Hilderbran’s announcement that he will not seek reelection. Describing himself as a Ted Cruz Republican, Henneke has served as Kerr County Attorney since 2010 […]

Agency to receive up to $2.1 million in grants to provide re-employment services Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) announced today that it has received $1.1 million of the funding it requested in National Emergency Grants (NEG) from the U.S. Department of Labor to assist workers displaced by the recent […]

By Thomas Sowell There are no winners in the trial of George Zimmerman. The only question is whether the damage that has been done has been transient or irreparable. Legally speaking, Zimmerman has won his freedom. But he can still be sued in a civil case, and he will probably never be safe to live his […]

By Dennis Prager The greatest hope most Americans — including Republicans — had when Barack Obama was elected president was that the election of a black person as the country’s president would reduce, if not come close to eliminating, the racial tensions that have plagued America for generations. This has not happened. The election, and even […]

By Charles Krauthammer Republicans should focus on serious tax reform and insist on real border control. The conventional wisdom evolves. Yesterday, Washington was merely broken, gridlocked, dysfunctional. The passive voice spread the blame evenly. Today it’s agreed that Republican obstructionism is the root of all evil — GOP resistance having now escalated to nihilism and […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “Amnesty for 11-12 million people in the country illegally is occurring in 6 months (in the Senate’s recently passed bill,) and we might never, ever get to Border Security. “Basically the Senate Immigration Reform Bill is unconstitutional, unworkable, and I cannot believe it would be supported by the American […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas), along with a substantial bipartisan majority of the Texas Congressional Delegation, including U.S. Senators Cornyn and Cruz, sent a letter to President Obama urging him to support Texas Governor Rick Perry’s major disaster declaration appeal for West, Texas.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) today announced that Sharon Breckenridge Thomas of San Antonio was sworn in to serve on the Texas Commission on Human Rights. The ceremony took place at TWC’s main building in Austin on Thursday and was conducted by Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson.

Highlights Legislation to Assist Texas Veterans and Efforts to Reduce VA Backlog of Texas-Based Disability Claims Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry today highlighted legislation signed into law this session to assist veterans and their families, and discussed the state’s efforts to help clear the backlog of Texas-based disability claims made through the […]

“We launched extensive outreach efforts and streamlined processes to help reunite more owners with their money.” Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced today she has returned $1 billion in unclaimed property to rightful owners since she took office in 2007. This is the largest sum of money ever returned by a Texas […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry today set Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, as the special election date to fill the Texas State House District 50 seat formerly held by Rep. Mark Strama. Candidates for this special election must file applications with the Secretary of State no later than 5:00 p.m. on Sept. […]

Proposes Bill to Fully Defund Obamacare Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is today introducing legislation to fully defund Obamacare. Co-sponsors of the bill include Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Barrasso (R-WY), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Paul Isakson (R-GA), […]

Texas Republicans unite to achieve a long time conservative goal Texas Insider Report: Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives achieved the unthinkable by passing a farm-only farm bill that divorces the controversial food stamp program from U.S. agriculture policy. The long time goal of House conservatives passed 216 to 208.  

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. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013: