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Government
Put simply: We are for limited government that works. At TexasGOPVote, we will work as a watchdog to help our state lawmakers and our congressional delegation pull in the reins on unnecessary spending and government bureaucracy. You better believe we’ll expose politicians who seek to act outside the bounds set by the Forefathers in the Constitutions of Texas and the United States.
December 29th, 2011
The world lost one of its great leaders when Czech Republic leader Vaclav Havel died, but after his death, a few on the left could not contain themselves. One leftist, Neil Clark, claimed, “Havel did not help make his...
December 9th, 2011
Attorney General Eric Holder went before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday in a inquiry over the botched Fast and Furious Operation. The hearing was led by Congressman Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and...
December 2nd, 2011
I want to make just a short follow up to my last installment of the Daily Rant. Can the president use the military to arrest anyone he wants, keep that person hidden away from a judge and jury, and lock him up for as long as...
November 4th, 2011
Elizabeth Perez, conservative candidate for Houston City Council At-Large #2 sent the following in about this Saturday's Cain-Gingrich Debate:Okay, we heard the POTUS and the Speaker of the House give their arguments for the...
October 25th, 2011
The House Judiciary Committee today passed a bill to restore accountability to government regulations. Sponsored by Congressman Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) and I, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H...
October 16th, 2011
Governor Perry announced his intention to run for the Republican nomination for president on Saturday, August 13, 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina. His announcement was hailed as the start of what was to be an immensely...
September 24th, 2011
Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan, bicameral group in Congress has unveiled a plan to significantly reform the federal regulatory process and reduce unnecessary burdens on job creators. House Judiciary Committee Chairman...
September 13th, 2011
The following was written by Texas Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones:According to Former British Prime Minister, Dame Margaret Thatcher, “Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history; America is...
August 24th, 2011
National unemployment remains stubbornly high, with the latest figures for July showing 9.1 percent unemployment. Even Texas – which has done better than any other state in the nation in adding private sector jobs over the...
August 20th, 2011
Naji Filali of the Harvard Political Review interviewed me the other day. A sample:HPR: As a senior fellow at the Mises Institute, you have your fingers on the pulse of current policy debates. Which policy...
December 21st, 2011
The following information was supplied by TXRedistricting.org. Because of the flux of information during this primary season, it is important for candidates and voters to stay up to date on these important issues.Key Texas...
December 4th, 2011
Now that the Liberal mainstream media has decided what we should think about our GOP candidates, it may be time we take a good hard look at them through their eyes.
November 19th, 2011
Louie Gohmert (TX), Paul Ryan (WI) and two other Wise Republicans Voted NO!I have long been one of only a few Republican conservative activists openly opposing the politically popular call for a Balanced...
November 3rd, 2011
This Saturday, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain will debate each other in a one-on-one modified Lincoln-Douglas style debate.Newt Gingrich:There is no doubt Gingrich is a master Politician and sometimes he can capture that...
October 25th, 2011
In this interview, performance artist and educator Kanene Holder discusses her train of thought when deciding what to write on her sign she was bringing to the Occupy Wall Street protest. She explains her decision to write...
October 13th, 2011
Yesterday I wrote to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) about the implementation of Greenhouse Gas Regulations under the Clean Air Act. I wrote the letter using a tool provided by the National Write Your Congressman (NWYC)...
September 21st, 2011
For years, I’ve said that the European all-consuming and ostensibly all-providing state could not survive. As America has followed in its wake and recently pulled almost alongside, nor can Europe’s model survive for us. To...
August 26th, 2011
During my visit to Iowa for the Presidential Debate and Ames Straw Poll, I was very pleased to see a variety of different groups supporting Governor Rick Perry for President.At the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, an Iowan was...
August 23rd, 2011
John Cornyn, U.S. Senator (Texas) and Dianne Costa, candidate for U.S. Representative, CD-25 (Texas) each made visits to drought stricken Texas agricultural areas last week and commented on the $5.2B in losses faced by Texas...
August 17th, 2011
This past legislative session, freshman State Representative Raul Torres (HD-33) introduced HB3149, legislation that would bring corporate efficiency to government agencies using the Lean Six Sigma method to eliminate waste...
