Former Republican president George W. Bush told donors that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is his brother Jeb Bush’s most “formidable” opponent in the GOP primary, according to Politico. The attendees reported that Bush said “I just don’t like the guy.”
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) issued an order on Monday banning Planned Parenthood from participating in Medicaid programs. The move by the Office of Inspector General at HHSC comes after the revelation of the gruesome videos filmed at various Planned Parenthood facilities, including the Gulf Coast office in Texas.
Six Republican presidential candidates lined up to speak at a Faith and Freedom Coalition forum hosted by Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, on Sunday afternoon. Donald Trump was not one of them. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, the topics of illegal immigration and border security were not discussed by those who were there.
Before a packed crowd of more than 7,000 evangelical Christians, Senator Ted Cruz asked his fellow Republican candidates where they were when it came to defunding Planned Parenthood and fighting against the Washington, D.C. cartel. Cruz was responding to a question about this election being about outsiders and fighting Washington.
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the current Republican leadership has “passed more Democratic priorities than Harry Reid ever could.” Cruz said, “Why do you think John Boehner is stepping down? He’s stepping
The Republican Party is now in a last-ditch effort to save itself – and the only answer is presidential victory, according to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus. Speaking with the Washington Examiner, Priebus explained, “We’re seeing more and more that if you don’t hold the White House, it’s very difficult to govern in this country – especially in Washington D.C. However, I think that we may have become, unfortunately, a midterm party that doesn’t lose and presidential party that’s had a really hard time winning.”
Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign is boasting it has more cash on hand than former Florida Governor Jeb Bush — even though Bush out-raised Rubio substantially in the third quarter.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz declared the Democratic presidential debate “an audition for who would wear the jackboot most vigorously” in a statement broadcast on Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Cruz said, “Last night
Politico has issued a notice to GOP 2016 contenders: “Common Core has won the war.”
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tells radio host Jan Mickelson that the Obama administration’s reckless and callous policy of releasing hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal aliens and refusing to deport millions more “will end” if he should be elected president.
Sen. Rand Paul scored a victory in Saturday’s Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) straw poll.
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Friday the reason why the mainstream media is not visibly celebrating Kevin McCarthy’s decision to drop his bid for House Speaker and the ensuing Republican Party implosion is because the perception is that conservatives have won a victory over Washington insider establishment individuals like McCarthy.
GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the GOP frontrunner will not be the Republican Party nominee and that he will pick up Trump’s supporters when he gets out of the race.
In an interview set to air on WABC-AM on Sunday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) touted himself as a Republican presidential candidate and said he believed that the current front-runner Donald Trump will not ultimately prevail and be his party’s nominee. Cruz
At a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Ted Cruz subjected him to a withering cross examination. Mair was reduced to stammering and frequent awkward pauses which he used to receive whispered advice from staff. He repeatedly referred to the discredited “97 percent of scientists concur” claim, and was unwilling to acknowledge valid scientific data that disproves the claim.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued the US “should stop engaging in the fiction of trying to find these moderate rebels,” and “No one in their right mind would believe Putin’s assertion he’s there to help go after
On Tuesday, CNN media reporter Dylan Byers said Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s choice to skip not one, but two critical Senate votes funding Planned Parenthood is a “sticking point” with conservatives fed up with pretty talk but no action, crediting Breitbart News for highlighting his poor attendance record.
Thursday on Mark Levin’s syndicated radio show, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a candidate for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, took aim at President Barack Obama and his foreign policy in the wake of Russia’s new presense in war-torn Syria. Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina will be speaking at the Practical Federalism – 2016: Stand and Fight” forum on Saturday from Southern New Hampshire University. The forum is sponsored by American
Mitch McConnell and his leadership team appear poised to enact every letter of President Obama’s agenda just to spite Ted Cruz. Mitch McConnell is melting down.
The Senate passed a temporary spending measure Wednesday, sending the bill over to the House for final passage before government funding expires at midnight. The continuing resolution funds government through December 11 and will allow congressional negotiators more time to agree on a budget deal. It does not defund Planned Parenthood as many Republicans desired, and averts a shutdown for now.
Cruz; GOP Donors ‘Despise’ GOP Base Voters
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is celebrating a victory in the straw poll at the Values Voters Summit, the third consecutive year he’s led that field. Cruz pocketed 35 percent of the vote, almost doubling second place Dr. Ben Carson’s 18 percent. Mike Huckabee placed third with 14 percent, Marco Rubio fourth with 13 percent, and Donald Trump rounded at the top five at 5 percent.
GOP primary contenders Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) skipped a critical cloture vote that allowed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to fund the government, including Planned Parenthood, to move forward without risking a shutdown.
Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) have introduced legislation to make the to make the murder of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder an aggravating factor in favor of the death penalty. Current law already applies this penalty when the murder victim is a federal law enforcement officer or prosecutor. The legislation comes in the wake of a number high profile murders of police officers, including Pennsylvania State Trooper Corporal Bryon Dickson and Philadelphia Officer Robert Wilson, III.
