Voting Resources
United States
October 2nd, 2013
Before Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee, there stood a lone voice in the Senate fighting for liberty: Jim DeMint. After helping elect more like-minded conservatives to the Senate in the 2010 and 2012 elections, DeMint left...
September 30th, 2013
In Texas, health insurance premiums on the individual market will increase by 53% for young males and 11% for young females under Obamacare.With one day left until a possible government shutdown, we in the House voted again...
September 28th, 2013
You must understand what is happening here. This play is a direct result of how the surrendered Republicans have played so far. As per the Rand Paul explanation, these Republicans ABSOLUTELY STINK at political poker. Reid...
September 27th, 2013
It has been chiseled away at all of my life and beyond. But I fear we may now be about the conclusive death and burial of The US Constitution that enabled the most productive, prosperous and generous nation that ever graced...
September 24th, 2013
Today I outlined my support for the House-passed Continuing Resolution that defunds Obamacare and called on Democrats to join me.Senator Reid has set up his red state Democrats to vote once again to fund Obamacare, or to...
September 22nd, 2013
Senators Mike Lee and Ted CruzDon't Fund It!Senator Ted Cruz has followed through with his promise to lead the charge in defunding ObamaCare. The House, with a 230 – 189 margin, voted to defund ObamaCare. One Republican...
September 20th, 2013
Today, I was pleased to support a Continuing Resolution that will keep the government open, get Washington spending under control and protect Americans from the harmful impact of Obamacare. Importantly, this bill permanently...
September 19th, 2013
OOH RAH TO THE BIKERS WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICA PATRIOT!This is from my friend Lori Boxer, but I believe it captures what many patriotic Conservative Americans stand for, and how we treat those who...
September 17th, 2013
It is quite clear that the deceptively-named “Affordable Care Act” (aka Obamacare), was NOT supported by “We the People” when it was crammed down our throats three years ago so we could “see what’s in it”. Its popularity...
September 14th, 2013
A man charged with a plethora of crimes posted a Youtube video threatening to find the children of an FBI agent after previously threatening to personally destroy that Special Agent.The man has been called a “political...
October 2nd, 2013
The current Continuing Resolution to fund the government expired, resulting in a government shutdown. This outcome could have been avoided but, unfortunately, repeatedly throughout this process, the Senate refused to...
September 29th, 2013
Last night's Saturday Night Live cold open did not have the Democrats' backs, which is a refreshing change from the norm. It looks like even pop culture is finding Obamacare as a humorous target for satire.
September 28th, 2013
Unfortunately, yesterday 25 Republican Senators, including Texas Senator John Cornyn, joined with the Democrats to invoke cloture, giving Harry Reid the ability to strip the Continuing Resolution of language that defunds...
September 27th, 2013
Senate Democrats had planned to use Johnny “Football” Manziel to distract people from the big Obamacare vote?The cloture vote (vote to end debate) happened today. The Senate was originally pushing for a Saturday vote. This...
September 23rd, 2013
Even if it is an ironclad certainty, as they say, that Obama would veto a Continuing Resolution that defunded Obamacare if Republicans held united and forced one through with some vulnerable Democrats in The Senate, I don’t...
September 21st, 2013
Human trafficking is a horrible problem in this country. As we have reported many times on TexasGOPVote, Texas is one of the worst places for this issue, and Houston is frequently recognized as the national hub for human...
September 20th, 2013
I released the following statement after the House passed H.J.Res. 59, a Continuing Resolution (CR) to defund Obamacare and fund government operations.My constituents in West Texas have been very clear: they don’t want their...
September 19th, 2013
I can remember early June of 2012 when I was at the Republican Party of Texas’ convention in Fort Worth, Texas. I was representing Senate District 31 on the Platform Committee when we passed the “Dune Sage Brush Lizard”...
September 16th, 2013
This “Help Kickstart World War III” may be one of the most clever videos I’ve seen in some time! Who says that the Left doesn’t support Obama…no matter what!? Check out this special interest group.
September 11th, 2013
I don't know about you, but Obamacare is making me sick. Yeah, the sweeping piece of legislation that was supposed to be the 'remedy' that was going to single-handedly save all of the people who were uninsured from the evil...
