New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie will attend The Iowa Freedom Summit with Republican Rep. Steve King on January 24. The event is co-hosted by Citizens United and is seen as a step on the road to the 2016 presidential
HOUSTON, Texas — While 95 percent of U.S. Border Patrol agents are men, officials are taking steps to increase the number of female agents. Border Patrol recently posted a job listing for new agents that is “restricted to female applicants only.” The pay is $39,012.00
AUSTIN, Texas — Greg Abbott, the Texas Attorney General and Governor-elect, will stay out of the 2016 Republican Presidential race, and will not endorse any candidate during the primary, even those with a Texas connection. In an appearance on NBC’s
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will return to Iowa in January for the Iowa Freedom Summit. According to The Des Moines Register, the inaugural event in Des Moines on January 24 “is being held by Citizens United and Congressman Steve
House Republicans are expected to unveil their must-pass spending legislation Monday — and despite conservative opposition, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) says he expects the measure to pass. “I think the votes are there. The agreements have been made and it’s
BRENHAM, Texas — State Representative Lois Kolkhorst celebrated her decisive victory in the Senate District 18 election with family and grassroots supporters in Brenham last night. A special election was called when Senator Glenn Hegar resigned after he won his
Republican House members who voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) broke the 2010 GOP Pledge to America. Under a section entitled “Read the Bill” in the Pledge to America that Republicans penned up in 2010, the GOP
NBC News Political Director and Host of “Meet the Press,” Chuck Todd predicted that there will not be a government shutdown in part because “[Speaker] John Boehner (R-OH) has got more control of this conference than ever before” on Friday’s
Conservatives rallied supporters against funding President Obama’s “lawless, unconstitutional” executive amnesty Wednesday afternoon on the lawn of the Capitol. Led by Reps. Steve King (R-IA), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the lawmakers slammed the president’s unilateral actions
Sen. Ted Cruz, the son of an evangelical minister, used his knowledge of Jewish history and the Jewish calendar to wow Jews attending the annual Zionist Organization of America dinner in New York in late November. Referring to the miracle
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM EST, Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon will conduct a number of interviews and talk about the most important new of the week.
Columnist Pat Buchanan predicted that either Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) or Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) would be in the “finals” for the GOP nomination in 2016 on Friday’s “McLaughlin Group.” “If you want to get the nomination, you don’t worry
Sources close to Texas Gov. Rick Perry claim he will “meet in person with more than 500 major donors and bundlers from around the country in December,” at a major gathering in Texas designed to set the stage for a
With its focus on family, friendship, good food, football, and being grateful because you’ve been blessed, Thanksgiving is a very Texas holiday, and we thought we would share with you some of the Thanksgiving messages from the elected officials and
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), a non-profit free market think tank based in Austin, has announced plans for its thirteenth annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature. The event will be held January 7 – 9,
Failed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is still earning high marks from New Hampshire Republican voters. A new Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm New Hampshire poll shows that Mitt Romney leads the 2016 field with 30 percent support. Sen. Rand Paul comes
Texas Senator Ted Cruz said that Congress should block all of President Obama’s nominees — other than vital national security positions — until the executive action on immigration is reversed. Appearing on Monday morning’s Fox and Friends, Cruz said that the president “has a very
On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said of President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty, “Essentially, he’s gotten in the job of counterfeiting immigration papers.” Cruz said, “This is a wholesale refusal by President Barack Obama
MSNBC’s “Hardball” host Chris Matthews expressed bewilderment that Hispanic Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) could oppose President Obama’s executive action on immigration on Friday’s “Real Time” on HBO. “why are the two biggest guys opposed to this
Media analyst Howard Kurtz, host of the Fox News Channel’s “Media Buzz,” argued that the media’s support of the “end result” was “coloring the coverage” of President Obama’s executive order on immigration on Friday’s broadcast of “The Kelly File.” “I
Talk radio host Laura Ingraham urged Republicans not to cut a deal on immigration with President Obama considering that “dismantling” U.S. immigration laws for “years” on Friday. “He unilaterally increased guest worker admissions by $100,000. He removed restrictions on the
Thursday on the Senate floor Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) used the words of philosopher and politician Marcus Cicero who advocated to return to a Republican government after the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar died. Cruz addressed the speech to President Obama
On the floor of the Senate this morning, Sen. Ted Cruz read aloud the text of Cicero’s First Oration Against Catiline, subbing in President Obama’s name in the context. “When, President Obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience?
As President Barack Obama dictates his immigration decree on Thursday night, Republicans from all different sides of the party are responding by calling him “king” or “emperor” or some variant of those tyrant-sounding terms. “If ‘Emperor Obama’ ignores the American
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued that President Obama was “angry with the American people” in his promise to implement immigration reform through executive action and that the GOP should respond by refusing to confirm any nominees by the president on
