By Gary L. Bauer What’s Missing in Shutdown Showdown?  Last week a Park Service ranger dared to expose the Obama Administration’s government shutdown game plan. The ranger told the Washington Times, “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.” The families of our fallen heroes in Afghanistan are […]

By Janice VanCleave & Jeanine McGregor Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – CSCOPE is not gone, it has just changed names. The 20 Texas Education Service Centers (ESC’s) are a true example of morphism. What was set up as 20 regional agencies to provide “affordable” and free quality educational services to school districts has morphed into […]

Flynn has been recognized repeatedly, and awarded for his hard work Texas Insider Report: VAN, Texas – “My voting record speaks for itself. My legislative focus has been and continues to be the protection of individual rights through limited government policies that hold our state agencies accountable for their actions,” said State Rep. Dan Flynn, as his […]

By Jeanine McGregor & Janice VanCleave Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texans by nature, design and heritage, are God-fearing, independent-minded, hard-working, individuals who stand for truth and justice.  When Texas turned down the highly-suspect federal program, Common Core, yielding to its own educational goals, parents and community leaders heralded our independent choice, little did […]

“Sadly, President Obama has not demonstrated fiscal responsibility and certainly cannot be trusted with a clean debt limit increase.” Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s call for a clean increase in the debt ceiling.

By Cong. Steve Scalise Obamacare Health Care Exchange Glitches Abound House Republicans have passed four different bills to keep the government funded. Despite these efforts, President Obama and Senate Leader Harry Reid chose to run out the clock and shut down the government, rather than negotiate on our differences.

By Clark S. Judge I was on a BBC radio show last week.  In a typical left-right paring, the other guest was a Cabinet-level veteran of the Clinton White House.  After running through the Obama talking points, to my surprise he focused on the administration’s refusal to engage seriously with Congress.  What is to be […]

Releases List of almost 400 endorsements from Bexar and Kendall  Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (SAN ANTONIO) – State Senator Donna Campbell’s grassroots momentum continues to build on her strong bid for reelection by announcing another round of conservative grassroots support.  Her new list includes almost 400 individuals in Bexar and Kendall counties.  To […]

By State Senator Ken Paxton Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – S.B. 14 is now in effect in Texas, so voters must now present one of the following forms of photo identification in order to be permitted to cast a vote. In previous elections, voters were only required to present a voter registration certificate to a […]

Shutdown Showdown: Week 2 By Gary L. Bauer Speaker John Boehner appeared on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday to defend the GOP position on Obamacare, the debt ceiling and the government shutdown. He did well, especially when you consider that he was being interviewed by George Stephanopoulos, a former top advisor to President Bill Clinton. The […]

You may Qualify for up to $3,500 to Replace it; ~  State Rep. Alonzo Urges Motorists to Look Into Program ~ Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (DALLAS, TX) –  Is your car or truck 10 years old or older? Or has it failed an emissions test?  If so, you may qualify for up to $3,500 […]

By Thomas Sowell | If the continued existence of mathematics depended on the ability of the Republicans to defend the proposition that two plus two equals four, that would probably mean the end of mathematics and of all the things that require mathematics. Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, epitomized what has […]

By Phyllis Schlafly The Democrats are chanting that Republicans must fully fund Obamacare because it is the law of the land, passed by Congress, signed by the president and upheld by the Supreme Court. Therefore, they say, it must be obeyed and can’t be altered by Republicans who want to defund it. That argument is both […]

By Rachel Alexander The media is dramatically reporting that the federal government shut down on October 1 – yet hardly anyone has noticed. This is because it is not really a “government shutdown.” If only a few non-essential government functions have been temporarily halted, it is misleading to characterize it as if the entire government has […]

“Texas Talk” questions run the Political Gamut Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – “The bulk of Texas’ population is in our Urban (big city) Counties, and when you add up the 210 of all 254 Texas Counties that are Rural, meaning they have less that 50,000 people in them, all added together they amount to […]

Congress is exempted from the furloughs By Joe Carter Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under the Constitution, Congress must pass laws to spend money. If Congress can’t agree on a spending bill the government does not have the legal authority to spend money. Since 1976, there have been 17 shutdowns, though before the 1980’s […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC — This morning U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Candy Crowley on CNN’s State of the Union to discuss the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations, Harry Reid’s government shutdown, and stopping the harms coming from Obamacare. Video is available here. Excerpts from Sen. Cruz: “We need to deal with the fact […]

By Mitch McConnell As we head into the second week of a government shutdown, many in Washington are busy assigning blame. Far more constructive, in my view, would be for all sides to be working together toward a solution. Nobody expects us to agree on everything, but ordinary citizens should not be caught in the middle. […]