Why is it that when a conservative Republican stands on the floor of the Texas Senate and stands up for the working poor, the senator who shouts him down is a Democrat who is supposedly all about helping poor people? Could it possibly be the big donations flowing in from payday lenders who operate like the mafia? Read this and you may ask yourself the same question.
UPDATE: A Google News search on payday loans shows similar legislation is stalling in other states as well. Don't let these high powered lobbies buy off the Texas Senate.
Just last week, Senator John Carona, R-Dallas, took to the Senate floor to try to bring up for a vote his payday lending reform bill (SB 1247 - link shows committee votes). The Senate didn’t even debate his bill, they only debated whether to debate it and Carona was shot down.
Last week President Obama signed a law which will severely limit the STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge). Thereby telling America that Congress, as in matters of budget and benefits, should not be hampered by silly constraints which most of America adheres to. Read more about Obama to America: No Insider Trading Regs for Congress
As Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, I wrote to President Barack Obama criticizing his Administration’s failure to articulate a consistent missile defense strategy. The letter comes as Secretary of State John Kerry flew to China and offered to remove our recently added defenses in the Pacific to encourage them to counter the increasingly belligerent tone and actions by North Korea.
update about Saudi National who is supposed to be Deported: Beck Breaks Exclusive Information on Saudi National Once Considered a Person of Interest in Boston Bombings previous story about Boston Bomber who should have been deported but Obama's Policy allowed him to be here:The Obama administration could have and should have deported Muslim Boston immigrant terrorist after he had a criminal conviction in 2009. This Muslim terrorist should have never had a chance to complete this terrorist attack because he should have been out of the country years ago after his assault conviction. This is what happens when Obama tries to pick and choose which criminals to deport. I am all for people coming to America to have a better life, but they should want to become an American,
Adryana Boyne moderator with SPEAKERS: David Zapata RPT Outreach Director, Rafael Cruz father of Sen. Ted Cruz, Brad Bailey Founder of the Texas Solution, Aaron Pena former Texas State Rep, Larry Gonzalez Texas State Rep D52, Manny Rosales former Deputy Coalitions Director of the RNC and Bob Price Communications Director US Border Watch at podium
This is Part II of Una Nacion Under God – A Dialogue which was held on April 6 at the State Capital in Austin, Texas. Voces Action, San Antonio Tea Party partnered with Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples, and Conservatives in Action hosted the one day symposium.
Yesterday, I re-introduced the Crop Risk Options Plan (CROP) Act, which will strengthen farmers’ ability to manage risk. The CROP Act was introduced in the last session of Congress, and earned inclusion in both the House and Senate Agriculture Committee bills.
Crop insurance is the preferred risk management tool for most farmers
(Writer's note-This deals with the trial of Kermit Gosnell, who is being tried for murder of seven babies born outside the mother’s womb and a mother during an abortion procedure.)
The following was a Grand Jury description of late term abortions conducted in Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s clinic, “Very often, the patient delivered without Gosnell being present.
The proper character required for the preservation and enjoyment of liberty can be achieved through the proper education. Article 3 of the Northwest Ordinance states, “[r]eligion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” This goal cannot be achieved if we consider education nothing more than what can be
Once we were California dreaming and California was the place that you would go to pursue your dreams. Today, it is the state where you are from, not where you are going. When the largest state, population wise, is failing, it does hurt the nation. The following stats illustrate California’s problems. California has some of the nation's highest state taxes including gasoline, sales taxes and is a top bracket of income taxes,
Texas Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) has been working hard for several years trying to get the State of Texas to enforce the existing laws on employee misclassification and add some teeth to the current laws by increasing the penalties for misclassifying workers as independent contractors when they are truly employees. Misclassification is also one of the biggest ways unethical employers skirt employment law and give jobs to illegal immigrants who work as day laborers.
Why is it that when a conservative Republican stands on the floor of the Texas Senate and stands up for the working poor, the senator who shouts him down is a Democrat who is supposedly all about helping poor people? Could it possibly be the big donations flowing in from payday lenders who operate like the mafia? Read this and you may ask yourself the same question. 
Last week President Obama signed a law which will severely limit the STOCK Act (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge). Thereby telling America that Congress, as in matters of budget and benefits, should not be hampered by silly constraints which most of America adheres to. 
As Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, I wrote to President Barack Obama criticizing his Administration’s failure to articulate a consistent missile defense strategy. The letter comes as Secretary of State John Kerry flew to China and offered to remove our recently added defenses in the Pacific to encourage them to counter the increasingly belligerent tone and actions by North Korea. 
Yesterday, I re-introduced the Crop Risk Options Plan (CROP) Act, which will strengthen farmers’ ability to manage risk. The CROP Act was introduced in the last session of Congress, and earned inclusion in both the House and Senate Agriculture Committee bills.
(Writer's note-This deals with the trial of Kermit Gosnell, who is being tried for murder of seven babies born outside the mother’s womb and a mother during an abortion procedure.)
The proper character required for the preservation and enjoyment of liberty can be achieved through the proper education. Article 3 of the Northwest Ordinance states, “[r]eligion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” This goal cannot be achieved if we consider education nothing more than what can be 
Once we were California dreaming and California was the place that you would go to pursue your dreams. Today, it is the state where you are from, not where you are going. When the largest state, population wise, is failing, it does hurt the nation. The following stats illustrate California’s problems. California has some of the nation's highest state taxes including gasoline, sales taxes and is a top bracket of income taxes,
Texas Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) has been working hard for several years trying to get the State of Texas to enforce the existing laws on employee misclassification and add some teeth to the current laws by increasing the penalties for misclassifying workers as independent contractors when they are truly employees. Misclassification is also one of the biggest ways unethical employers skirt employment law and give jobs to illegal immigrants who work as day laborers.
