By Brian Hughes – Washington Examiner Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Friday said his country would offer asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, giving the former government contractor a path out of the Russian airport where he has been holed up for days.
By Michael W. McConnell Like King James II, the president decides not to enforce laws he doesn’t like. That’s an abuse of power. President Obama’s decision last week to suspend the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act may be welcome relief to businesses affected by this provision, but it raises grave concerns about his […]
By Sean Higgins Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been locked in an escalating grudge match with the Chicago Teachers Union over his efforts to close and consolidate several underutilized schools in the city.
By Jeff Jacoby For years, terrible and violent crimes have been committed in the name of Islam. Does that mean Islam is inherently a religion of terrible violence? The scholar Daniel Pipes has long argued that it is a mistake to attribute the evils committed by Muslim supremacists and jihadist killers to Islam itself, or to […]
Katie Pavlich As the abortion debate continues in Texas, pro-abortion groups have continued to uphold Wendy Davis as a hero. Groups like Planned Parenthood, NARAL and even President Obama have publicly expressed their support for Davis and have thanked her for killing a bill last week that would have banned abortions after five months of […]
By Tony Katz For conservatives, nothing prepared us for the horror and sadness of watching President Obama begin to dismantle the Republic in his first term. Out of control spending and business-killing regulations, culminating in the monstrosity of ObamaCare, polarized the nation. But less than a year into his second term, Obama has become the “Great […]
Thousands Rally for Life in Texas. . “We will see an end to abortion in America and Texas is leading the way.” Texas Insider Report: Austin, Texas (July 9th, 2013) — Students for Life of America (SFLA) National High School Coordinator Missy Martinez represented the pro-life generation at last night’s #Stand4Life rally on the South Steps of […]
” . . . he’s considered the most powerful Texas governor since the Civil War because he served long enough to fill every state agency with his loyalists. . . “ Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Rick Perry, the longest-serving governor in Texas history, says he won’t seek re-election in 2014.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued the following statement following Governor Rick Perry’s announcement regarding his future plans. It has been a tremendous honor to work alongside Governor Rick Perry to help lead the great State of Texas. As Governor, Rick Perry has fought for lower taxes, less regulation […]
Texans Should Be ‘Grateful’; He Leaves an ‘Impressive Legacy’ Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (KERRVILLE, TX) – House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, released the following statement today in response to Governor Rick Perry’s announcement that he will not seek reelection in 2014.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs reminds shoppers they can save money on certain items priced under $100 during the state’s annual sales tax holiday. This year, the sales tax holiday is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9 -11.
By Michael Barone What’s the outlook for the 2014 Senate elections? The Republicans once again have a chance to overturn the Democrats’ majority, as they did in 2010 and 2012. Much attention has been focused on whether Republicans this time will nominate candidates capable of winning key races, as they failed to do in those two […]
By Philip Klein One of the biggest administrative hurdles facing Obamacare was the ambitious plan to verify the income and insurance status of applicants for federal health coverage subsidies. In theory, on Oct. 1 of this year, a prospective beneficiary of Obamacare was supposed to be able to visit a website like Orbitz, enter basic […]
Brief Argues Lower Court Allows Discrimination to Thrive–Filing Comes Days After Supreme Court’s Setback for Race Preferences in Fisher Decision Washington, DC – The Project 21 black leadership network has joined an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief filed with the U.S. Court in support of Michigan voters who overwhelmingly sought to remove preferential race […]
Washington Examiner WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans seized upon the administration’s abrupt delay of the employer mandate in the health care law as fresh evidence that President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy is unworkable and should be repealed, an argument that energizes the party base ahead of 2014 congressional elections.
By Tim0thy P. Carney President Obama’s signature legislative achievement was simply a bad bit of legislating. The administration’s decision to postpone the employer health insurance mandate is just the latest evidence that this law was poorly built. An analogy: You may think Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings are beautiful or ugly. But that’s a matter of taste, […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Rick Perry will not seek reelection, he announced to about 200 supporters and the media in a humid warehouse at the country’s largest Caterpillar dealership Monday afternoon. “I will spend the next 18 months working to create more jobs,” he said. “I make this announcement with a deep […]
Texas Insider Report: Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX-32), Chairman of the House Rules Committee and a Member of House Republican Leadership, today released the following statement regarding the unemployment report for the month of June:
