Federal
New Measure Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration Passes U.S. House
The SAVE Act passed the U.S. House with a vote of 221 to 198 and will be sent to the Senate.
ATF Repeatedly Violated Firearm Trace Data Laws
The ATF has released sensitive firearm trace data in violation of the Tiahrt Amendment.
Sen. Ted Cruz Pushes ‘No Tax on Tips’ Act
The measure aims to exempt tips from being taxed as income.
‘A Complete Lie’: Biden’s Claims of Not Being Able to Contact Texas For Disaster Declaration Debunked
Acting Governor Patrick suggested that the president is attacking both him and the governor in an attempt to win political points.
Federal Archive
Growing Federal Debt Hurts Small Businesses
In late January, the U.S. Senate voted to raise the United States’ debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion, or $45,000 for every man, woman, and child living in America. Our massive federal deficit levels should send up warning flares to all who are interested in the short-...
Happy Anniversary Mr. Obama
In the third major political contest since Barak Obama took the oath of office, the people of Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts have rebuked the President. Two of the three states -- MA & NJ -- are blue, if not deep blue. Virginia, while electing a Democrat...
A Year of Obama
Elected on the vacuous slogans of “hope” and “change,” the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency has proven to be one of broken promises, failed leadership and blame shifting. While he works to satisfy the most strident elements of his political base, the rest of...
Thinking right about immigration: the fallacy of the ‘anchor child.’
What is the concept of citizenship? And based on that, how do we understand immigration and the awful mess we've made of it? I suggest we're not handling immigration right because we're not thinking right about immigration. Much of what I'm conveying appears in an...
Congress, Administration Should Stay Out Of Texas Classrooms
Earlier today Texas Governor Rick Perry announced his decision to refuse to apply for the federal “Race to the Top” grant program. The president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, Michael Quinn Sullivan, praised the course of action, saying it protects Texas’...
Americans Don’t Want More Gas Taxes
So the tax-hike proponents at the Dallas Morning News are once again pushing the false choice between higher taxes or no new roads, after word hit their newsroom that only 15 percent of American voters support higher gasoline taxes. The Rassmussen Reports poll found...
Copenhagen: Socialism Required, History Ignored
With the world's busybodies meeting in Copenhagen, it's apparent they are a band of ideologues with a solution looking for a problem to which it can be applied. Establishment "science" is a tool of their brand of religion, facts contorted and distorted to fit the...
Now Some Feds Want To Hike Your Gas Tax, Too
It’s not enough that Republican lawmakers Vicki Truitt of Southlake and John Carona of Dallas want to hike gasoline taxes and vehicle fees. Now the Obama Administration’s token Republican, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, wants the federal gasoline tax raised,...
The S-Word
Governor Perry's speech in Midland yesterday is being widely reported with some of the stories focused on the Governor's comments pertaining to illegal immigrantion. The real import of the speech is the Governor's use of the "S" word to describe the Obama...