Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, today released a report on the Obama Administration’s unilateral rewriting of parts of the Affordable Care Act, and the law’s multiple statutory and constitutional infirmities, currently under review by the courts.
Washington Examiner Editorial President Obama’s abuse of executive power has grown to the point that “he’s becoming the very danger the Constitution was designed to avoid,” Jonathan Turley, a liberal law professor at George Washington University, told the House Judiciary Committee at a Dec. 3 hearing on the issue. Turley also pointed to what he […]
By Dr. Merrill Matthews, IPI Resident Scholar In its incessant drive to politicize everything, the left has even turned Santa Claus into a hapless whiner about global warming. The far-left environmental activist group Greenpeace has released a short video featuring Downton Abby actor Jim Carter (Carson the butler) as Santa.
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today cited the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report showing that 203,000 nonfarm payroll jobs and 196,000 private payroll jobs were added in November as further evidence that the economy has a long way to grow until private sector […]
New Rates for Compensation and Pension Benefits in 2014 WASHINGTON – Veterans, their families and survivors receiving disability compensation and pension benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs will receive a 1.5 percent cost-of-living increase in their monthly payments beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
“As we have throughout history, Texas must lead the way…” Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “Ongoing revelations of the NSA’s domestic spying, and increasingly frequent news of online security breaches, have Texans appropriately on edge,” said Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, while instructing the Senate Committee on State Affairs to study the growing concern of privacy protection and […]
Texas Insider Report: Houston, TX – Please join Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Friday morning, December 6, 2013, along with Amegy Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) as they present a $500,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant to Temenos Community Development Corporation (Temenos CDC).
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Exxon Mobil Corporation was named the Employer of the Year at the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) 17th Annual Texas Workforce Conference held Dec. 4-6 in San Antonio. ExxonMobil was chosen from among five exemplary finalists, and out of 25 private-sector employers. All nominees were recognized for contributions to their […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Glenn Hegar, Republican candidate for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, announced today the endorsement of the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Friends of Agriculture, Inc. (AGFUND). The Texas Farm Bureau has more than 500,000 members and representation in 206 counties across Texas.
By Byron York One striking thing about the new White House Obamacare promotion campaign is that so far it hasn’t had much to say about the central focus of Obamacare, which is helping Americans buy affordable health insurance. Look at the cases President Obama has highlighted. There are young people who say they have benefited […]
By Michael Barone Watching the twists and turns of American foreign policy while reading Christopher Clark’s “The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914” is an unnerving experience. Clark’s history, unlike many on the outbreak of World War I, starts not with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914, […]
By Star Parker When presidents give speeches, the affair is choreographed like a Broadway production. The message is not just the words of the speech, but where it is given and who happens to be the chosen audience. So it was not by accident that President Obama chose a theater in a poor black neighborhood […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – ”Ongoing revelations of the NSA’s domestic spying, and increasingly frequent news of online security breaches, have Texans appropriately on edge. “As we have done throughout our history, Texas must lead the way in defending individual freedom. Limited government and ample personal freedom are the linchpins of our state’s success, […]
ObamaCare, CSCOPE both beyond fixing By Bill Ames Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Americans increasingly realize that Obamacare is not about providing quality healthcare for all Americans. Its creators could care less. Rather, it is about a progressive power grab, structured to gain control over a large chunk of the U. S. economy. Likewise […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (COLLEGE STATION) – Gov. Rick Perry today joined Gordon Coburn, president of Cognizant, to present the company’s $150,000 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) grant to Texas A&M University. The grant comes in the form of a three-year commitment from Cognizant and will support the promotion of STEM education […]
The Rothenberg Political Report“ As longtime readers of this column know, voters in one-party states sometimes elect the nominee of the “wrong” party as governor. Today’s question is whether state Sen. Wendy Davis, a Democrat, has a fighting chance to win next year’s gubernatorial election in Texas, which remains a rock-solid Republican state.
South Texans’ Property Rights Association Supports Staples Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “There is only one candidate who fully understands the issue and has a plan that can solve this huge disaster. I get discouraged when I hear candidates spouting one dimensional, hot button solutions without having any idea of what they are talking […]
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (KATY) – Gov. Rick Perry today joined GEICO chairman and CEO Tony Nicely to announce the company will be expanding its Katy operations, creating 1,000 new jobs over the next three years and $8.5 million in capital investment.
