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Lame Duck
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...
December 26th, 2010
START Treaty Ratified With Help From Republican SenatorsAs you may know, along with most conservatives, I opposed ratification of the START Treaty. You can see my previous article on this subject. On...
December 22nd, 2010
Michele Bachmann goes "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren to discuss the Lame Duck congress still at work and Tea Party disappointment over GOP concessions in tax cuts, START, and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Venting her...
December 18th, 2010
I made the following statements today regarding the Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal and the Dream Act.Don't Ask Don't Tell:With three of the four military service chiefs expressing clear reservations over the proposed...
December 16th, 2010
Today I cosponsored Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) one-page, alternative bill.The American people spoke on November 2nd and Senate Republicans heard them. Unfortunately, my Democrat colleagues who are trying to...
December 10th, 2010
Do We Even Need a New START Treaty?The first START Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union was signed on July 31,1991 and entered into force on December 5, 1994. The START Treaty essentially...
December 3rd, 2010
Today’s unemployment figures are a sad reminder of Senate Democrats’ misplaced priorities. Over the last two years they have chosen to focus on anything other than job creation and the economy, and the agenda for the lame...
December 1st, 2010
If it wasnt so serious it would be funny. Here is a clear illustration of the abuse of power by Democrats that has led to their being fired as the majority party by the November elections nearly a month ago.
November 29th, 2010
Congressman John Culberson, U.S. Representative for Texas Congressional District 7, took a moment for TexasGOPVote before the Thanksgiving break to share his thoughts about the 112th United States Congress, which starts on...
November 23rd, 2010
I spoke with Congressman Gene Green (D-TX29) at the Texas Redistricting Conference about the Lame Duck session of Congress, currently underway in Washington DC. We discussed extending the Bush Tax Cuts and the Dream Act....
December 27th, 2010
Here are a few thoughts on 2012 and beyond. In a recent piece in the Weekly Standard, Jay Cost observed that the 2012 election will be close and best case scenario for Republicans would be 51-49. Another aspect is...
December 23rd, 2010
President Obama stepped to the microphone today to try to do his best impersonation of a Phoenix rising from the political disaster that was the November mid-term election. Has he found some kind of new "success"? This was...
December 18th, 2010
The Senate voted 55-41 in favor of the Dream Act today, which means it did not get the 60 votes needed to avoid filibuster. The bill is effectively killed for this year. Most immediately, the measure would have helped grant...
December 16th, 2010
The Democrats want to pass a $1.1 trillion spending omnibus spending bill before reading it (sound familiar?) However, in order to counter this reckless passage of the bill, Republicans have told clerks to read every single...
December 13th, 2010
Re-Thinking the Grand CompromiseAt first blush, it appeared that the grand compromise between President Barack Obama and the Congressional Republican leadership was a huge win for Republicans. It appeared...
December 7th, 2010
The US House and Senate are expected to hold votes on the DREAM Act later this week, sometime between Wednesday, Dec. 8 and Friday, Dec. 10, but what’s the rush? I am all for having an open and honest debate on the merits...
December 3rd, 2010
There is a lot of merit to the Dream Act. And now we have four versions of the Dream Act to pick from. The newest version, S.3992, fixes many of the objections raised in earlier TexasGOPVote articles. For instance, "...
November 29th, 2010
Once again, Lame Duck Democrats (led by the arrogance of Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV) are playing dirty politics to will try and shove the Dream Act through the Senate without proper debate. Clearly, Reid and the Democrats could...
November 27th, 2010
RNC Deputy Director of Coalitions Manny Rosales appeared on "Voice of America" on Friday, November 19th to debate Democrat Spokesperson Melisa Diaz Hispanic Media / Communications Consultant on a discussion about the lame...
August 19th, 2010
While every race this November is important, could the race to fill the Delaware Senate seat, once held by Joe Biden, be the most important? Consider this: the Delaware senate race is a special election. The seat is...
