Texas and 18 other Republican-led states challenged the rule that required legal citizens to fund health insurance for DACA recipients.
Federal
Federal Judge Finds Biden Administration Blatantly Disregarded the First Amendment
Accused of censoring conservative views, the judge called the administration’s actions “the most massive attack against free speech in U.S. history.”
Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Administration ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule
A Texas-based federal judge vacated the ATF’s proposed “firearm” definition change.
Ohio Expands School Choice While Texas Lags Behind
All K-12 students in Ohio will now receive a school voucher based on their family’s income.
Texas Congressman Proposes American Pride Month
U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt submitted a resolution to celebrate July as American Pride month.
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National Security Threats Crossing the Unsecured Southern Border
“The systems that protect us are broken, faltering, or non-existent to do any of this national security work properly. That is the problem.”
Texas Republicans React to President Biden’s ‘Shameful’ Speech
In a divisive address, Biden called “MAGA Republicans” a threat to the country.
Parler CEO Blasts Big Tech for Limiting Free Speech
“We all need to leave traditional social media.”
Texas Federal Judge Blocks Biden’s Executive Order Protecting Abortion
“A WIN for mothers, babies, & the TX healthcare industry.”
Texas Attorney General Sounds Off on Weaponized Federal Agencies
Chris Salcedo talks with AG Ken Paxton about the federal government’s attack on Americans.
Kari Lake Predicts Texas Will Follow Arizona in Repelling Border Invasion
Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says it’s time for Texas to “follow suit.”
Border Patrol Announces 203 Percent Increase of Fentanyl Seizures in July
More than 20,000 pounds of fentanyl were confiscated on the southern border—enough to kill every Texan roughly 150 times over.
Texas GOP Chair: FBI is ‘Corrupt to the Core’
Republican Party of Texas Chairman Matt Rinaldi says it’s time for the agency to be abolished.
Texas Republicans Distrust FBI
More than two-thirds of Texas GOP voters have an unfavorable view of the agency.
Paxton Challenges CDC’s Transportation Mask Mandate
Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he will be joining the Florida-led amicus brief challenging the CDC.
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March Lobbying Madness with Public Funds
The Center for Responsive Politics has a new bracket comparing the Sweet 16 universities by their federal lobbying expenditures. By this measure, UCLA ($560k) will play UNC ($31Ok) in the Finals – UT-Austin at $200k would be on the sidelines. The bracket is at: https://www.capitaleye.org/img/lobbying_16.gif.
Moore Conservative
One of the strongest voices for fiscal conservativism, and commonsense governance, is Steve Moore. He founded the Club for Growth, and now serves as senior economics writer at the Wall Street Journal, and a writer on the vaunted editorial page.
Giving Us More Gas (Taxes)
Ever heard of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Commission? Well, they want your money. This quasi-governmental body is suggesting that gasoline taxes be TRIPLED over the next five years. Big Government, not Big Oil, is already the biggest profit-taker on each gallon of gas we buy, but they have so far only managed to waste our money. So, of course, they want even more.
You Say You Want A Revolution
On the night of December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty boarded a ship in Boston Harbor and destroyed the tea – dumping it in the water – as a way to protest the British government’s tax policies.
Tax Equity
More than two dozen members of the Texas Legislature are calling on Congress to maintain the sales tax deduction for Texans on our federal income taxes. Unless Congress acts, we’ll again lose this important protection.
No Headline: Conservatives Press For Sanity
Seventeen members of the Texas House have sent a letter to Texas’ delegation to the U.S. Congress, urging them to sustain the President’s veto of the massive expansion of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Don’t expect the letter to make the newspapers — they only write about socialists endorsing big government.
Cornyn Among Few Senators to Vote Against Pork for Bike Paths, Montana Ballpark, and “Peace Garden”
Texas Senator John Cornyn was one of a handful of U.S. Senators to vote against three separate servings of pork.
Grow Government Today, Pay For It Later
Bad ideas are running rampant in Beantown. I've come to Boston for the National Conference of State Legislators. It should be called the National Conference for Growing Government. By and large, NCSL is a cheerleading session for those legislators, bureaucrats, rent-seekers and assorted hangers-on looking to grow the size and scope of government.
The first panel discussion I attended was illustrative: it was called "Financing State Government in a No New Taxes World."
Tearing Down Walls, Advancing Liberty
It was 20 years ago today, on June 12, 1987, that Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate, in West Berlin, and uttered perhaps the most important words of the 20th Century.
He said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! … Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.