“Texas Talk” questions Political Messaging Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — “We’re putting candidates in Web-Videos, on TV Commercials, and its important for the voters to see them. But, that doesn’t mean all the candidates are always great actors,” Vinny Minchillo tells Balido & Martinez. “Sometimes you have to have that talk with them that, […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued the following statement on his support for the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) that defunds Obamacare:  “Nearly four years ago the Democrat elite rammed through the President’s $2.6 trillion, 2,000 plus page takeover of health care under the cover of night with the help […]

Procedural power play By Conn Carroll, Morning Examiner Senate conservatives have chosen the vote they will fight Obamacare on, and moderate Senate Republicans aren’t happy about. Despite popular perception, not every motion in the Senate requires a 60-vote total for passage. In fact most, unless a change in rules has been agreed to ahead of […]

By Robert Romano “I want to be absolutely crystal clear — any bill that defunds Obamacare is dead. Dead.” That was Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) telling reporters last week that there would not be the votes to pass a House Republican plan to defund the health care law via the continuing resolution. Something […]

CRUZ: We don’t know right now and this week we will determine that. Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) joined Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday morning to discuss the latest in the fight to defund Obamacare, and why it is important for Senate Republicans to stand their ground. The […]

By Star Parker According to a new Gallup poll, 55 percent of Americans say they have little to no confidence that they can rely on mass media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly.” Forty-six percent say the media is too liberal and just 13 percent think it’s too conservative.

By David Dewhurst Ten years ago this week, the Texas Legislature took decisive action to improve access to healthcare and reduce frivolous medical liability lawsuits filed by personal injury trial lawyers. In passing medical liability reform, Texas strengthened the underpinnings of our economy, caught the attention of quality doctors from across the country and set […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – “Obamacare is bad for everyone in the country, which is why I have fought it at every turn. But until we can repeal and replace it, everyone in the country ought to be treated exactly the same. No special deals for anyone. “That will actually increase the leverage to […]

By Sarah Palin  Americans who are fed up with Obamacare won a victory yesterday. The House voted to defund Obamacare while still funding the federal government to avoid a “devastating” shutdown. (I shall not digress, but it’s beyond distressing to hear liberals try to convince Americans that any government slowdown is comparable to “terrorism.”) Now the […]

A Focus on Instruction and Flexible Graduation Plans By State Rep. Jason Isaac Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — As we’ve all headed back to school, I want to update you on legislation that passed during the 2013 Session earlier this year that impacts on our Texas public schools and the 5+ million school children […]

Texas Insider Report: WAHINGTON, DC – “We have long known fracking is safe, and this in-depth study strongly refutes the distortions created by those who irrationally oppose American fossil fuel production,” said Cong. Pete Olson (TX-22) earlier today, applauding a comprehensive study conducted by the University of Texas that concluded that new technologies are cutting methane emissions during completions at […]

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs reminded Texans today that applications are now  being accepted for the 2013-2014 Texas Match the Promise Foundation℠ scholarship awards. The foundation, in cooperation with the Comptroller’s office, encourages Texas families to save for college by offering competitive matching scholarships and tuition grants to Texas students who participate […]

By David A. Díaz, Legislative Media Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — Valuable legislative information in Spanish that could help millions of Texas residents understand the key workings and major actions of state lawmakers could be added to the websites of the House of Representatives under administrative action being requested by Rep. Terry Canales, (D-Edinburg.)  

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas — “The one I thing that has upset most people is having the audacity to blame America for 9-11,” noted former SBOE chair, and current Texas State Board of Education member Tincy Miller tells Insider’s Jim Cardle. “CSCOPE is not research based, it gives only one view of history, and […]

Traces to Verizon Data Center 20 miles NW of Capital Beltway. Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – It wasn’t ever seriously in doubt, but the FBI earlier this month acknowledged it secretly took control of Freedom Hosting last July, days before the servers of the largest provider of ultra-anonymous hosting were found to be serving custom malware designed […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congressman Joaquin Castro [TX-20] released this statement following the passage of the Continuing Resolution: “Yesterday, in the name of making ‘ends meet,’ the House Republicans made a false choice in sabotaging our nation’s safety net for the hungry in America. The most powerful nation in the world should not let its […]

FoxNews House Speaker John Boehner, in an abrupt turnaround, plans to let Tea Party lawmakers have a vote on de-funding ObamaCare as part of a politically risky strategy which Democrats warn could result in a government shutdown. GOP leaders unveiled their plan to members on Wednesday morning, teeing up a vote for Friday — the […]

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the U.S. government expected to hit its borrowing limit in early October, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today called upon President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats to the “come to the negotiating table” and “find a bi-partisan solution that puts Washington on a […]