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January 10th, 2011
Speaker Joe Straus has received 70 votes in the Republican Caucus today.The Texas House of Representatives met today to express who they prefer as Speaker of the House. The three candidates are Current Speaker of the House...
January 10th, 2011
The following is a message from Senator Dan Patrick:Conservative voters across Texas are responsible for the Republican majority in the legislature. They want that majority to select the next Speaker. A Caucus vote will...
January 9th, 2011
Critics, obviously mostly Democrats, say it’s empty grandstanding, but House Republicans plan to vote for an outright repeal of Obamacare in the coming legislative days. It’s called posturing because if The Senate doesn’t...
January 8th, 2011
This week we swore in a new Speaker of the US House of Representatives signaling the end of the historic 2010 election process and the return of Congress to the People. Now it may be time to begin looking forward to the...
January 8th, 2011
Federal Judge John Roll was killed today in the Arizona shooting that wounded US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, according to Fox News, this afternoon. The shooter in this incident has killed at least five people...
January 8th, 2011
After November 2008, all sights were set on Hays county which was seen by Democrats as a “swing county”. Well, thankfully things didn’t quite work out as the liberal activits, such as MoveOn.org and Organizing for America,...
January 7th, 2011
Readers of TexasGOPVote blog posts will be familiar with the raging debate over whether a non-conservative should retain power in spite of the absolutely stunning success of conservative, Tea Party-supported candidates in...
January 6th, 2011
The year was 1995, the Republican Congress offered its Contract with America, Bill Clinton was President and George W. Bush was governor of Texas. Concerned about the increasing property tax burden, Gov. Bush created a...
January 6th, 2011
TexasGOPVote catches up with Jim Martin who discusses the 60 Plus, and organization he founded nineteen years ago to counter the liberal AARP, which he described as a "big liberal Fortune 500 insurance conglomerate" that...
January 5th, 2011
Majorities rise and fall by the will of the people, and this new Republican Congress is sworn in under the American people’s message to lead with accountability – not a mandate. I’m very proud that 87 new Republican Members...
January 10th, 2011
The following is a letter in support of Joe Straus written by President of Texans for Life Coalition Kyleen Wright. Why I signed the letter for Speaker StrausA charge has been leveled that...
January 10th, 2011
Astonishing the amount of diversion that has been built around a grain of truth in the controversy over who should be Speaker of the House for the 82nd Texas Legislature. That grain of truth: voters rejected a record number...
January 9th, 2011
For those of you who don't know, Nathan Macias is my Dad. He served as a State Representative from 2006-2008. He was freshman of the year during the 2007 session for the Republican freshman class and received nothing but "A...
January 8th, 2011
A murderer in Tucson Arizona shot 19 people, and killed 5. One of the people shot in the head was U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. At the time of this writing she is alive.http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01...
January 8th, 2011
News media sources have confirmed that Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been shot at her first public event in Tuscon since returning from the begining of this Congress. Stories conflict at this time as to the...
January 7th, 2011
I have been an insurance broker for the past 46 years. I am blessed with loyal clients that I would never take for granted! On many occasions, I have traveled to Austin to testify on behalf of TLR (Texans for Lawsuit Reform...
January 7th, 2011
While most may agree Speaker Boehner’s acceptance of his extra-large gavel straight from Nancy Pelosi’s hands when the 112th Congress convened Wednesday was exciting, the newly-passed House rules may have been the biggest...
January 6th, 2011
For the first time in the 221 year history of the United States House of Representatives, the Constitution of the United States of America was read allowed in the hallowed chamber. One day after being sworn in as Speaker of...
January 5th, 2011
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Michele Bachmann may be considering a bid for the White House in 2012. Aides close to the Minnesota Congresswoman have indicated to ABC News that "she is beginning to consider a...
January 5th, 2011
When GOP law makers take control of the House in about an hour from now, they plan to hit the ground running. The Washington Post Reports that Republican House members have a "20-day plan aimed at undoing major aspects of...
