The State Republican Executive Committee adopted temporary and emergency RPT rule changes today regarding the Convention/Delegate Selection Process. We had to change the rules because the Primary election has been pushed back.
AUSTIN—Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (San Antonio) today issued additional interim charges that build on the priorities he set forth in October. These priorities include ways to attract more manufacturing jobs and build on economic development efforts to make government more efficient and effective.
Highlights of the new charges include a charge to the House Committee on Energy Resources to specifically study the use of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” to extract natural gas and oil from vast shale deposits in Texas. The Select Committee on State Sovereignty will monitor the implementation of the Interstate Health Compact in other states and at the federal level.
Andrew Breitbart, the conservative political activist and media commentator behind the Breitbart media network passed away last night from natural causes.
Andrew Breitbart was a crucial leader in the crusade against government corruption. He will be missed.
Breitbart was walking near his house in the Brentwood neighborhood shortly after midnight Thursday when he collapsed, his father-in-law Orson Bean said.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and 31 Republican Senators today outlined steps to President Obama that he could take immediately to lower prices for Americans at the pump. In a letter with fellow Senate Republicans, Sen. Cornyn called on President Obama to end the Permatorium on drilling in the Gulf and Outer Continental Shelf, eliminate burdensome, job-killing regulations, and sign off on the Keystone XL pipeline:Read more about Cornyn: Immediate Steps POTUS Can Take to Lower Gas Prices
Mr. Speaker, the Administration is bullying religions. Yes, the government has required some religious organizations to violate their tenets and provide certain health care coverage for their employees--or else.
After an immediate backlash by the American public, the administration promised that it would make some changes; but the same day that it made this promise, it finalized the original mandate as-is with no changes. The original edict is now in effect. The big announcement about a change resulted in nothing, only more words. Read more about Religious Freedom Is Being Bullied
We try to keep our valuables and belongings safe by locking them up. We lock our car doors when we get out of it, we lock our house doors when we leave our home. We’re constantly on guard against someone taking our valuables. We don’t want to experience loss. I want to let you know that the greatest threat or danger of suffering loss through robbery, is not from those who come to take, but from those who give to you and rob you of your initiative. Read more about The Greatest Robbery
Journal.us reports this week that Hispanic community leaders are launching an "unprecedented" national campaign to register 200,000 Latino voters and to mobilize 100,000 to go to the polls in November. Please let me translate that for you. Democrat activists are hitting the streets to leverage the wedge that has been driven between Hispanics and their conservative beliefs.
WASHINGTON – Monday U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement responding to reports of a letter Senate Democrats sent urging the Administration to ask Saudi Arabia to boost its oil production:
The San Antonio three Judge Federal Panel has released the Interim Maps for the Texas elections. After Months of waiting, the people of Texas will finally know what Districts they will be in for the upcoming Congressional, State Senate, and State Representative 2012 Primary and General election.
Click on the Links Below to see the maps and see what District you will be in!
The State Republican Executive Committee adopted temporary and emergency RPT rule changes today regarding the Convention/Delegate Selection Process. We had to change the rules because the Primary election has been pushed back.
AUSTIN—Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (San Antonio) today issued additional interim charges that build on the priorities he set forth in October. These priorities include ways to attract more manufacturing jobs and build on economic development efforts to make government more efficient and effective.
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Andrew Breitbart, the conservative political activist and media commentator behind the Breitbart media network passed away last night from natural causes.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and 31 Republican Senators today outlined steps to President Obama that he could take immediately to lower prices for Americans at the pump. In a letter with fellow Senate Republicans, Sen. Cornyn called on President Obama to end the Permatorium on drilling in the Gulf and Outer Continental Shelf, eliminate burdensome, job-killing regulations, and sign off on the Keystone XL pipeline: 
Mr. Speaker, the Administration is bullying religions. Yes, the government has required some religious organizations to violate their tenets and provide certain health care coverage for their employees--or else.
We try to keep our valuables and belongings safe by locking them up. We lock our car doors when we get out of it, we lock our house doors when we leave our home. We’re constantly on guard against someone taking our valuables. We don’t want to experience loss. I want to let you know that the greatest threat or danger of suffering loss through robbery, is not from those who come to take, but from those who give to you and rob you of your initiative. 
WASHINGTON – Monday U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement responding to reports of a letter Senate Democrats sent urging the Administration to ask Saudi Arabia to boost its oil production:
The San Antonio three Judge Federal Panel has released the Interim Maps for the Texas elections. After Months of waiting, the people of Texas will finally know what Districts they will be in for the upcoming Congressional, State Senate, and State Representative 2012 Primary and General election.
