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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.
June 17th, 2011
The June 14th weekly Dallas County Commissioners’ Court public meeting yielded fewer fireworks than the previous week’s, but more troubling conduct by some of our Commissioners. Last week the Democrat-controlled DCCC, after...
June 10th, 2011
The heroic Foundation for a Free Society is producing a documentary on nullification. Here’s a trailer:
June 1st, 2011
I released the following statement regarding the House’s rejection of a measure supported by the Obama Administration to raise the national debt limit by $2.4 trillion without any conditions for fiscal responsibility by a...
May 24th, 2011
Today, I issued the following statement in response to Senate Democrats’ plan to forego producing a budget and ignore entitlement reform because it is politically expedient:Senate Democrats have given their game plan away:...
May 13th, 2011
Have you wondered why your children lecture you about the environment and where they get their misinformation? The answer is critical to fulfilling your parental responsibility to rightly educate your children and to protect...
May 6th, 2011
If the scared Republican leadership in Washington would look at a government shutdown from the perspective of Dr. Harold Pease and disregard the scare tactics of the mainstream media then we might have a chance of reducing...
May 4th, 2011
Update: For the video where Obama salutes Marines with a coffee cup, click here.When President Obama awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to a rare living recipient of that award last year (Army Staff Sgt....
April 29th, 2011
NRCC - White House Press Secretary Jay Carney yesterday joined House Democrats in reiterating the White House’s out of touch position that it is somehow “a dangerous, risky idea” to tie an increase in the debt ceiling to...
April 19th, 2011
NRCC - President Obama's budget speech last week was noteworthy, not only for its partisanship and lack of serious solutions to address the nation’s debt crisis, but also for its recycling of the same, old, tired calls for...
April 14th, 2011
Spike TV recently had a Star Wars marathon, so while moving the remote from baseball and golf to Star Wars, there were some interesting lessons to draw. When one combines episode one through six, the most intriguing...
June 15th, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) joined Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Pat Toomey (R-PA), Tuesday to cosponsor Senator Portman’s (R-OH) bill to reduce...
June 8th, 2011
I filed an amendment Tuesday to the Economic Development Administration reauthorization bill that would halt the proposed listing of the Sand Dune Lizard to the Endangered Species List. His amendment would exempt the Sand...
May 28th, 2011
Responding to reports that the Obama Administration will oppose efforts to make Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I issued the following statement:Citizens have a fundamental right...
May 17th, 2011
The following interview with Texas Representative Warren Chisum is one of a series of interviews conducted by VOCES Action and TexasGOPVote with members of the Hispanic Republican Conference in the 82nd session of the Texas...
May 12th, 2011
In Part 1 last week, I argued that the federal government is constantly and unashamedly acting unconstitutionally and is only reinforced and never challenged by the media and education establishment. And I said that...
May 5th, 2011
Update: State Rep. Ken Legler passed away Friday, June 1st. TexasGOPVote would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and share this interview in his memory.The following interview...
May 1st, 2011
NOTE: This article is about a bill in the 2011 Texas Legislature. That bill did not clear Calendars and did not become law. See new story about 2013 HB 700 in the current legislative session for...
April 28th, 2011
Urgent: Please go to: austinreteaparty.com, sign the petition, and encourage your friends and email loops to do the same, and then PHONE CALL and FAX your Texas Senators. TODAY. NOW.This is why:Texas Senators failed to...
April 16th, 2011
Welcome to the Nullify Now Conference Live Blog coming to you from Austin, Texas. In this blog we will be bringing you a summary of today's speakers including Debra Medina and Thomas Woods. As this will be a live blog,...
April 14th, 2011
Ah, spring, a time when people’s minds turn to activities outdoors. A time when the flowers bloom and leaves gather on the trees. A time when young men’s fancies turn to, ah, turn to…Well I guess I forgot that one. No I didn...
