Conn Carroll In ten days, the U.S. Treasury will be left with just $30 billion cash on hand, and no legal authority to borrow the additional money needed to pay all of the United States’s financial obligations. And yet, for some reason, markets are not acting like the U.S. will default on its debt payments. […]

AG tours Estrella’s House in Edinburg, discusses CAC’s ongoing programs to protect children Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (EDINBURG) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today met with Victoria Medina, executive director for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Hidalgo County, to tour Estrella’s House in Edinburg and discuss the facility’s continued efforts to help young victims […]

‘Members of Congress should not be treated differently, certainly no better, than the rest of America when it comes to the law of the land. So those who cast that vote, who walked that plank last night, will be held accountable in the 2014 election.’ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  U.S. Senator John Cornyn […]

‘Let’s end this special treatment for Congress that no one can justify and get the government working again.’ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Texas Congressman Kevin Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement regarding the Senate Democrats’ refusal to go to conference to work out a continuing […]

“These bills will make certain that veterans’ programs remain funded so that the VA continues to operate to serve our veterans.” Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  In order to address critical priorities while the federal government is temporarily shut-down, the House of Representatives has passed additional targeted spending bills over the past two days […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman John Carter (R-TX31), one of the eight House Republican House Continuing Resolution Conferees, voted today to fund the National Guard and Reservists of the Armed Forces. This legislation would provide pay and allowances for the National Guard and reserve members of our military to ensure they continue to […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement regarding House passage of H. J. Res. 70, Open Our National Parks and Museums Act, and H.J. Res. 73, Research for Lifesaving Cures Act:

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Project Vote’s challenge to the election-integrity measures passed with overwhelming bipartisan support by the Texas Legislature in 2011. The Texas Attorney General’s office released the following statement from Lauren Bean, spokeswoman for the Texas Attorney General’s Office:

By Daniel Doherty We’ve had ample warning this was coming. Now it’s official. State Senator Wendy Davis (D-TX) is running for governor: Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis declared her candidacy for governor of Texas on Thursday, promising to focus on the needs of average Texans.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – (CLEBURNE, TX) –DeWayne Burns officially announced his intentions today to seek the Republican nomination for Texas House District 58 which has been represented by Rob Orr for over a decade. Orr announced last month that he would not seek re-election in 2014.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Texans for Greg Abbott Press Secretary Avdiel Huerta today released the following statement regarding Wendy Davis’ announcement to run for Governor in 2014: “¡Una vez más, pan con lo mismo!

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – The newly formed Texas Rising Star (TRS) Workgroup will hold a public meeting in Austin on Wednesday, October 9 at 9 a.m. to begin reviewing the TRS child care provider certification program guidelines and formulating its recommendations to be presented to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) next spring. The […]

By Michelle Malkin The families of two slain Marines from Camp Bastion finally got some answers this week. But their battle for full accountability in the 9/14/12 Taliban attack is far from over. Two top U.S. military leaders will get early retirement and full pensions for their fatal negligence. But one American mom wants to know: […]

By Thomas Sowell Even when it comes to something as basic, and apparently as simple and straightforward, as the question of who shut down the federal government, there are diametrically opposite answers, depending on whether you talk to Democrats or to Republicans. There is really nothing complicated about the facts. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted […]

By Michael Reagan Let the crisis continue. Let the standoff between the Democrats and the Republicans over Obamacare drag on for as many weeks or months as necessary to wake up the American people. Let millions struggle daily to sign up online for the government health care that they — but not their elected representatives in […]

By Rebecca Berg Day Two of the government shutdown ended Wednesday with congressional lawmakers no closer to a funding deal needed to reopen it. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday told House Speaker John Boehner that Democrats would negotiate over changes to Obamacare and the federal budget — but only after House Republicans reauthorized […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-04) introduced H.R. 3234, The Pay Accountability Act. This bill prohibits the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress from being paid during any lapse in appropriations or federal government shutdowns. Salaries for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress also would be withheld […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22) today asked why Democrat Leaders in Washington are willing to shut down the federal government instead of holding themselves to the same laws as the rest of America.