By John C. Goodman Here is irony: the people who talk the most about the need for a social safety net (including the president himself!) are cheerleaders for a health reform that is going to shred it. How is that happening? By means of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare). Through the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the […]

By Star Parker A new study just published by the National Institute on Retirement Security – “Race and Retirement Insecurity in the United States”- presents a dismal snapshot of the state of retirement savings of minority American families. It reports that 54.3 percent of blacks work for employers that offer retirement plans compared to 62.3 […]

By Phillip Klein House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, lashed out at conservative groups Wednesday for criticizing the bipartisan budget deal before the details were released. But Boehner would be able to make that claim a lot more credibly if House Republican leaders would allow enough time for conservatives to study the legislation and lobby their members […]

We need to repeal all of the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare was created with an ostensibly noble purpose: to expand health coverage to some of the uninsured and to make health care more affordable. Three-and-a-half years ago, perhaps reasonable minds could have differed as to whether it would actually work. Today, there can be no […]

By Dylan Scott – TPM Jane Orient, a physician in Tucson, Ariz., says she’s never accepted a dollar of third-party medical payments, whether from a government program or a private insurance company. She has a “philosophical and ethical” opposition to the U.S. health care infrastructure, and she’s put it into practice for more than 20 years.

By Susan Ferrechio   Typically vocal Republican conservatives don’t like the bipartisan budget deal Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., announced yesterday, but they seem resigned to the likelihood that it will pass the House on Thursday. “I don’t think there is going to be a fight,” Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, said at […]

By Clark S. Judge Well, Halleluiah.  The Obamacare website is up and running. Of course, at only half a million applications processed so far… and accounting for the ones that the system garbled or couldn’t verify or seems to have lost… and anticipating the tens of millions of Americans predicted to lose coverage once the […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent a letter to President Obama requesting information about what his administration is doing to address the security risks and privacy concerns surrounding the Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov. Chairman Smith was joined by 21 Committee Republicans in sending the letter.

Fighting the #1 disease killer of American children Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – “For thousands of children with cancer and their families, the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act will have a real world impact on their lives and their futures,” said Cong. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the founder and co-chair of the Childhood Cancer […]

True.com vows to protect privacy of members and abide by Internet Dating Safety Act Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (PLANO) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today secured privacy protections for members of national dating service True.com. The website and its database are owned and operated by Plano-based True Beginnings, which filed for Chapter […]

By David A. Díaz – Legislative Media  Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Former Rep. Roberto Gutiérrez, D-McAllen, on Wednesday, December 11, released the contents of his letter to the University of Texas System Board of Regents expressing his support for keeping the name of The University of Texas-Pan American for the new university system that […]

By Michael Barone Democratic National Chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says that Obamacare will be a vote-winner for Democrats in 2014. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the same thing. Perhaps they really believe that. But the numbers in polls conducted since Oct. 17, when the end of the government shutdown put the spotlight on the rollout […]

By Ann Coulter Whenever liberals are in a tight spot, they adopt the scorched-earth policy of argumentation. With no answer, they start demanding that you define words: What do you mean “liberal”? What do you mean “democracy”? What do you mean “patriotism”? They retreat from argument, burning the English language as they go.

By Cal Thomas In a December 4 speech, President Obama declared income “inequality” to be “the defining challenge of our time.” It is time for me to come clean; to own up to a dark secret I have been hiding most of my life. It is embarrassing to admit it, but I suffer from income […]

“The Texas Public Policy Foundation is “one of the most influential state-level think tanks in the nation.”  “Perry, Cruz, Cornyn and other politicians frequently turn to TPPF to help make the intellectual case for reducing government involvement…” These two statements about the impact and efficacy of TPPF came from unlikely sources: the extreme-left British newspaper The […]

By Meghashyam Mali President Obama on Monday touted the auto industry bailout as the U.S. government sold its remaining shares in General Motors (GM). “Today, that bet has paid off,” said Obama in a statement, heralding the government’s $80 billion bailout of two of Detroit’s “Big Three” carmakers. “The American auto industry is back.”

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) denounced Obamacare as the biggest case of consumer fraud in United States history today on the Senate floor. His remarks can be seen here and below.

1.5 percent increase in disability compensation and pension benefits for veterans Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) released the following statement on the recent announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) regarding a cost-of-living increase for veterans, families, and survivors receiving disability compensation and pension benefits: