In a divisive address, Biden called “MAGA Republicans” a threat to the country.
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GOP Hopeful Genevieve Collins: Pass Amnesty for Dreamers
“It’s been clear for quite some time that Congress must deal with the Dreamers.”
Commentary: Why Banking on Judges Is a Poor Strategy
There is no silver bullet that gets around the tough work of legislating.
Texas Democrat Kim Olson: ‘If People Loot, So What? Burn It to the Ground.’
A failed candidate for agriculture commissioner, Olson is in a congressional runoff election against Democrat Candace Valenzuela for the opportunity to run against Republican Beth Van Duyne.
Trump to Resume Campaign Rallies
Trump has not held a campaign rally since his March 2 event in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Trump Campaign Says Texas Will Not Be Ignored in 2020
“This is not a state we’re going to take for granted,” a campaign spokesman told Texas Scorecard.
Trump Electrifies Dallas in First Texas Re-Election Rally
Trump met a sold-out crowd in American Airlines Center, the location for his first Texas campaign rally since announcing his re-election bid in June.
O’Rourke: Firearms “Will Be Taken”
On the debate stage, O’Rourke maintained he is coming for your guns, now conceding the lives of law-abiding Americans and law enforcement officers will be on the line in his scheme.
O’Rourke: Revoke Tax Exemptions of Churches Opposing Same-Sex Marriage
Beto O’Rourke says churches and religious organizations that don’t support same-sex marriage should face government punishment, including the loss of tax-exempt nonprofit status.
Fallon’s About-Face: Won’t Challenge Cornyn in Senate Primary
“A statewide U.S. Senate race right now is simply not something that fits with the chapter in life that we’re in.”
50,000 Attend Houston Event with Trump, Indian Prime Minister Modi
Historic “Howdy, Modi!” event in Texas is the largest-ever address by a foreign leader in America.
Chris Putnam Raises Over $500k in Granger Challenge
“Being able to build such a substantial war chest this early shows that we will be able to bring the fight to Kay Granger in March.”
Pete Sessions Moves to Fill Central Texas Congressional Seat
Republicans won CD-17, currently held by Rep. Bill Flores, by 15 points in 2018.
Commentary: Impeachment Politics
While it might sound good in Washington, impeachment proceedings might not be welcome at home for some congressmen.
Gooden Introduces Resolution to Remove Democrat Chairing Judiciary Committee
“Chairman Nadler has said publicly he is ‘impeaching the president – right now,’ and has clearly initiated the impeachment process, in direct violation of the law.”
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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.