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.
Over the last week, there have been reports that Members of Congress have exempted themselves from Obamacare. These reports are false. Members of Congress should never be exempt from any laws that they pass, and all Members...
Peggy Fikac once again proves that she’s not a reporter, and most certainly not anything like a fair and balanced media representative.From the Houston Chronicle’s coverage of events in Austin, today:“Obamacare is the wrong...
As former chairman of the Texas Workforce Commissioner, Tom Pauken is no stranger to the pages of TexasGOPVote. Pauken has been a news contributor for this website nearly from its inception in 2009. Now Pauken has taken on a...
The fifth annual RedState convention in New Orleans, RedState 2013, over the first weekend in August, featured plenty of stellar Republicans, conservatives, governors, senators, Congressmen and candidates. RedState Founder...
This week was a win for anyone who wants a more responsible and accountable government.As a part of "Stop Government Abuse Week," the House came together to pass my bill, H.R. 313, the "Government Spending Accountability (...
LtoR Ericka Harold, Leslie Rutledge, Karen Floyd, Christine Ries, Rosemary Barbour, Lisa Roper, and Jackie Gingrich-Cushman
Shocking corruption uncovered in Southeast Texas. The FBI is investigating after a secret video proves that Democrat State District Judge Layne Walker, his court law enforcement officers, and other officials in Beaumont,...
The Free Staters in New Hampshire are among the express reasons given for why the Concord police department is applying to purchase an armored vehicle.The Free Staters, who are nonviolent, are lumped into the category of “...
For the last few months, the San Antonio City Council has been considering a “non-discrimination ordinance” in which they pretty much discriminate against the First Amendment rights of free speech or free exercise of...
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Senator Tommy Williams has been plugging the “good conservative budget … we can all be proud of” that the Texas legislature passed and Governor Perry left largely intact. Senator...
When Hillary Clinton decides to run for President, the big push from the moderates will be how moderate Hillary truly is, while downplaying what has been a consistent theme of her life: government is the engine of growth....
In June, the Supreme Court held that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional. The provision, which determined the states and jurisdictions that would have to ask the Justice Department for permission to...
Erick Erickson’s RedState gathering for 2013, held in New Orleans over the first weekend in August, featured so many great speakers that it is not possible or reasonable to write about all of them. Governors, senators,...
I was fortunate enough to join other conservative Americans from all over the country assembled at Erick Erickson’s fifth annual RedState gathering, RedState 2013 in New Orleans over the first weekend in August. Speakers...
All the hoopla over the Zimmerman verdict, the threat of violence, and all the other predictions that the media and the Obama administration and race-pimps ginned up, and poof…nothing. The biggest civil rights trial of the...
Limited government. Free enterprise. Lower taxes. Less spending. What do all of these things have in common? These are conservative principles, or so they say. Things that I would personally think that a Republican led...
For the time being, capitalism has won a battle that should have never been fought. Nanny Bloomberg’s 16-oz soda limitation is no more.An appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City’s Board of Health exceeded its legal...
San Antonio Gay Pride Parade July 2009 - Mayor Castro Grand Marshall
Ross Ramsey of the Texas Tribune only sees the political debate behind both HB2′s restrictions on abortion and Medicaid expansion.The state didn’t expand its Medicaid program, and you’ll still find legislators...
Well, well, well.  The state of Texas has been in the news quite a bit as of late, hasn't it?  Some, but not all, of the attention was on the upcoming 2014 mid-term elections and who is running for what, or what I like to...

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