By Michael Barone Presidents tend to set the agenda for their parties. Most of the party’s members of Congress tend to go along. This has been increasingly the case as Americans over the last two decades have got out of the habit of splitting their tickets and have voted, in proportions not seen since the […]

By Guy Benson Good question, and it half-applies to government shutdown, too. Republicans have stated publicly and privately that they have neither the intention nor desire to shut down the government when Washington’s temporary budget expires at the end of the month. By contrast, “giddy” Democrats are openly rooting for a shutdown, secure in the […]

From Congressman Michael McCaul Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – (Houston) Two weeks away from the new fiscal year, I am taking actions to defund Obamacare and delay further implementation of this law. Defunding Obamacare Today I signed on as a cosponsor of legislation that zeroes out funding for Obamacare.  The president’s healthcare law continues […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – (SAN ANTONIO) – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued the following statement after co-sponsoring an amendment to delay both the employer and individual Obamacare mandates: “As we have seen with delay after delay, the president has acknowledged that a significant portion of his health care law is broken.  It’s […]

Cruz co-sponsors Cornyn Bill to Designate Fort Hood Shooting as Terrorist Attack Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) has introduced a resolution, S.R. 225, to create a joint select committee to investigate the Benghazi terrorist attacks from one year ago, last September 11, 2012. On Wednesday, Sen. Cruz requested unanimous […]

By Cong. Randy Neugebauer Mass Shooting at the Washington Navy Yard I am shocked and saddened by the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard Monday morning.  While many details are still unclear, we do know that at least a dozen people lost their lives in this act of senseless violence. Dana and I are praying for […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX28) released the following statement regarding the ongoing situation in Syria: “This weekend, the United States and Russia reached a framework agreement to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical stockpile. 

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “I know Justice Hecht to be a man of the most upstanding character and integrity, with an uncompromising commitment to protecting the interests of the citizens of Texas. As the most senior justice on the Court, his dedication to the rule of law and wealth of knowledge and judicial […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs today announced an interactive Web page where Texans can easily view information on November bond proposals being issued by cities, school districts, counties and special purpose districts around Texas. 

70 years not too late for longtime nursing home watchdog Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (HOUSTON) – Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson decided seven decades is too long for one of the state’s foremost advocates of nursing home residents to go without a bump in military rank.

By Marco Rubio Over the next two weeks, the sad spectacle that is Washington will be on full display as Congress and President Obama debate yet another short-term spending plan, also known as a continuing resolution (CR). Early in my Senate term, I realized these short-term CR’s were a miserable way to run the federal […]

By Guy Benson CNN’s putrid Obamacare numbers, which we broke down last week, could have been an outlier.  They were not.  USA Today/Pew: Opposition hits new highs: 53% disapprove of the health care law, the highest level since it was signed; 42% approve. By an even wider margin, intensity favors the opposition; 41% of those surveyed […]

By Star Parker Whether we are talking about respect for a nation or for an individual, nothing undermines respect more than duplicity — saying one thing and acting differently. I think it is a big reason why President Barack Obama’s Tuesday speech to the nation, in which he attempted to explain why he has proposed […]

By Don Zimmerman Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Progressives cleverly misappropriate the civil rights argument to sexual preference, knowing they can demand civil rights remedies like quotas for hiring and adoptions that give preference to SSM couples. The argument for the oxymoronic “Same Sex Marriage” (SSM) is a stool with two flimsy legs. One, that homosexual […]

By César Martinez & Gebe Martinez Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Looking ahead to further possible Congressional debate on common-sense Immigration Reform, we have not forgotten the legislative missteps of the past decade, when many were excited by the prospect of real reform only to be disillusioned by its failure at the hands of political miscalculations and […]

This Week’s Congressional Vote & the Administration Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas –  “Number one, we have to know beyond a doubt that chemical weapons have been used. But second, we also have to have a purpose before we take any action … just to go in with a quick military strike that doesn’t accomplish anything significant is not the […]

Texas Insider Report: FORT WORTH, Texas – “Make no mistake: Flextronics and Motorola could have put this facility anywhere in the world, but they chose Texas. By freeing people to create, experiment and innovate, we truly bring out their best. And they bring out the best in Texas,” said Gov. Rick Perry earlier today, while […]

By Guy Benson Kerry’s accidental gambit in London — the details of which we’ll discuss in a moment — may have opened up a face-saving escape route for the president, and not a moment too soon.  It’s not like it’s been smooth sailing for Obama since his re-election, but let’s face it: Drawing a red line, […]