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:
By: Denise McNamara The pro-life bill that will be passed in Texas next week is the most pro-women piece of legislation possible. It protects women from botched abortions and regulates clinics to improve standards in women’s health care. Women will still be able to obtain abortions; the abortions will simply be performed with higher standards […]
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22), along with Rep. Todd Young (IN-9), introduced legislation to protect American workers from a damaging provision in the Obamacare health law. In a show of conservative strength, 111 other members of Congress are also cosponsors.
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The time is here for Texans to take a stand for life! Please join us for a pro-life rally on Monday July 8 at 7 p.m. on the south steps of the Texas State Capitol. We are asking every Texan supportive of life to come to Austin to stand […]
By Star Parker A Fourth of July Gallup poll presented an interesting picture about our country. Americans overwhelmingly express pride in being American, yet the division is wide and deep about what being an American means. Eighty-five percent of respondents say they are “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American. Yet, 71 percent say they […]
By Conn Carroll As the immigration debate in Congress moves from the Senate to the House, the Republican pointman for those who want to give citizenship to illegal immigrants is also switching from the Senate’s most-likely White House 2016 candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to the House’s, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. “We need to enforce our […]
By Ken Blackwell Dear Mr. President: Recent events in Egypt show the failure of your administration’s policies toward this largest of Arab countries. You helped in the overthrow of dictator Hosni Mubarak. Very well. Americans should shed no tears for Mubarak’s departure. He stayed in power for thirty years the way the Tsar did: by […]
