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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.
January 2nd, 2011
CNS News reports that the 111th Congress added more to the national debt than the first 100 Congresses combined. The new debt, totalling $3.22 trillion amounts to $10,429.64 for every one of the over 300 million persons in...
December 30th, 2010
Washington Post editorial writer Ezra Klein raises a good question: “I'm very curious to know what the GOP -- or the tea partyers they're presumably pandering to -- think will happen when every piece of legislation requires...
December 28th, 2010
As the GOP takes over the House, Republicans will be taking over the Chairs of all of the committees, which includes the Homeland Security, Ways and Means, and Judiciary Committees. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum...
December 22nd, 2010
Michele Bachmann goes "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren to discuss the Lame Duck congress still at work and Tea Party disappointment over GOP concessions in tax cuts, START, and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Venting her...
December 21st, 2010
On his Friday radio program, Dennis Prager looked back to a speech in the 1990’s at Hillsdale College by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that is available online. It was the concluding presentation of a...
December 17th, 2010
Here are a few random thoughts that put the week in perspective.Thought one: A friend of mine observed that with the passage of the recent tax bill; those of us living will not see their taxes go up. Those who will die after...
December 10th, 2010
In the 1970’s, Jerry Brown (yes that Jerry Brown who was just elected governor this past year) opposed Proposition 13, which lowered property tax rates but was overwhelmingly passed by the people.
December 3rd, 2010
Yesterday the House passed a Child Nutrition Act that expands free or reduced cost meals to an additional 115,000 children and will provide 29 million additional meals through an after school program. Sounds great, right!...
November 18th, 2010
This week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in the histrionically titled article, "A Flood of Opioids, a Rising Tide of Deaths", very roughly outlines a reported increase in deaths and injuries due to prescription...
November 10th, 2010
This video and message has been sent into me. If this can happen in Alaska, it can happen here!
December 31st, 2010
Marxism is dead and has been since the Berlin Wall came crashing down. In today’s world, there are leaders who view themselves as Marxist-Leninists (like Hugo Chavez) or even communist (Yes, there is still a communist Party...
December 30th, 2010
I of course, believe that individuals, families, and communities as close as possible to the patient can, in a free market, best determine and acquire health care services as with so many other items and services. But I...
December 27th, 2010
Here are a few thoughts on 2012 and beyond. In a recent piece in the Weekly Standard, Jay Cost observed that the 2012 election will be close and best case scenario for Republicans would be 51-49. Another aspect is...
December 21st, 2010
Today, I warned that the recent action by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to interfere with broadband access services could lead to further delays in America’s innovation and economic recovery.I am disappointed...
December 20th, 2010
Waste Management drivers, helpers and technicians in Rensselaer and Albany Counties recently got training in mobile community watch."They're on these routes every day so they're used to the normal situation so they are able...
December 16th, 2010
The Democrats want to pass a $1.1 trillion spending omnibus spending bill before reading it (sound familiar?) However, in order to counter this reckless passage of the bill, Republicans have told clerks to read every single...
December 7th, 2010
How will an amendment requiring increased revenues to meet congressional spending help?Everyone knows that federal spending is out of control, resulting in a monstrous budget deficit and long-term financial...
November 30th, 2010
Today, I issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s failure to pass a measure that would impose a two-year moratorium on federal earmarks. I voted in favor of the moratorium.The message from voters in November...
November 15th, 2010
Despite and overwhelming defeat, 6% approval rating, and a letter from fellow Democrats asking her to step down, Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will run for House minority leader.
November 8th, 2010
Remember Jon Stewarts Rally to Restore Sanity, in which he tried to make a mockery of Glenn Becks Restoring Honor Rally? Steven Crowder attended the rally and talked to the people who attended. From the video below, its made...
