Voting Resources
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.
November 26th, 2012
The Montgomery County Commissioners have directly circumvented the will of the voters, leading our county further into debt.County voters defeated a $200 million road bond proposal in the November 2011 election,
November 23rd, 2012
While this past year has been difficult financially for many South Texas families, we still have a lot to be thankful for. We live in the greatest country on earth, that God has blessed with liberty and freedom. I'm also...
November 21st, 2012
A reader writes:I have just been assigned a paper for American History at my college in which I must:“1. Explain how checks and balances (Federal and State) provided for in the Constitution limit the government’s ability to...
November 20th, 2012
Medicaid currently takes up about a third of Texas' All-Funds budget, and we can expect it to continue growing over the years unless serious reforms are made. According to a 2010 report by Cato Institute Senior Fellow Dr....
November 15th, 2012
In the days leading up to the election, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued an opinion about an employer's ability to ban Texans with a Concealed Handgun License (CHL) from leaving a gun locked in their private vehicle...
November 14th, 2012
Today I issued the following statement after Senate Republicans elected me to serve as Whip for the 113th Congress:I’m honored to have been chosen by my colleagues to help lead our caucus during such a critical time for this...
November 14th, 2012
As Congress returns to Washington, I look forward to continuing to represent South Texas through the lame duck session and into the 113th Congress.Right now, the media is in an uproar about the fiscal cliff that is fast...
November 13th, 2012
Congress is now back into session, and there are a number of serious issues we’ll need to act on before the end of the year. Our country is facing a combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that are...
November 12th, 2012
If someone would tell me that Romney would have received, as a percentage, almost as many votes from gay voters as Hispanics or Asian voters, I would say no way. Romney's defeat can be attributed to two things, a massive...
November 9th, 2012
The last clear chance to disrupt the full implementation of Obamacare slipped by last night. Despite the fact that a majority of Americans oppose it, the Affordable Care Act will be fully implemented with occasional...
November 26th, 2012
Walmart reported its best Black Friday ever (Black Thursday, really, since the sales started on Thanksgiving night), in spite of union-inspired strikes at a number of stores across the country. “We work hard, so we just want...
November 23rd, 2012
This article from the Canada Free Press clearly articulates my innermost feelings about what happened to America on November 6, 2012.An ignorant, brainwashed, selfish, electorate who believed the lies, smears and racial...
November 21st, 2012
It is time for Republicans in Texas to take a leadership role in solving the problem of employee misclassification and payroll fraud. During the 2011 Legislative Session there was good legislation put forward, but it did not...
November 19th, 2012
A staple food group icon of an overweight America now becomes an example of what is wrong in our business system and bankruptcy processes. In an announcement last Friday, November 16th, Hostess CEO Gregory Rayburn, said "...
November 15th, 2012
Congressman Ron Pauls final speech on the House floor before leaving Congress:
November 14th, 2012
My investigation into the Delphi Salaried Pension Scandal, one of the “not optimal” results of the bankruptcies of General Motors and auto parts manufacturer Delphi, turned out to be the tip of an iceberg of a system that is...
November 13th, 2012
After Unanimous House Support and Near Passage Last Session, Representative David Simpson Files Texas TSA Bill for Upcoming Session(Longview) – Yesterday Representative David Simpson (R-Longview) pre-filed...
November 13th, 2012
It’s taken me a few days to gather my thoughts and regroup after Tuesday’s devastating loss for America. Quite a few questions have been raised after America’s loss to Obama: where does the GOP go from here? Do we need to...
November 10th, 2012
Hating Breitbart is a great movie about a great American patriot. Unfortunately it was released too late to help us understand what we were really up against in 2012. Governor Mitt Romney was not running against...
November 8th, 2012
State nullification is Thomas Jefferson’s idea, derived from the Richmond Ratification Convention of 1788, that the states must refuse to allow the enforcement of unconstitutional federal laws within their borders. Here’s an...
