Texas GOP congressmen show their ‘love’ for ‘spender-in-chief’ Obama
A few Texas congressmen are using Valentine’s Day to spread the love for President Barack Obama. Well, not quite. But you get the idea. Rep. Pete Olson of Sugar Land, Bill Flores of Bryan and Roger...
View ArticleNo Tea Party dissent: Texas Republicans unite behind Ryan’s budget
The Texas Republican delegation is widely considered the most conservative bloc in the House of Representatives. But when it came to today’s vote on the House Republican leadership’s official budget,...
View ArticleAlternative budgets win backing of right-wing Texas Republicans, left-wing...
Texas Reps Budget Votes | Infographics The House today approved Sen. Paul Ryan’s GOP budget plan, with Texans voting along strict party lines. Still, Texas lawmakers’ votes earlier this week indicated...
View ArticleInteractive graphic: How Texas lawmakers voted on each budget plan
Interactive graphic by Arlind Maurer Texas House Members Vote on Budget Proposals | Infographics For complete coverage of the budget debate: >>> Texas Republicans unite behind Ryan budget...
View ArticleTexMessage: Hensarling, Gallego are leading fundraisers in Texas House...
TexMessage Thursday, April 18 Good morning, TexMessagers! How was your congressman’s fundraising? TEXclusive The 2014 congressional campaign season has begun, with the chair of the House Financial...
View ArticleObama calls Rick Perry, pledges there will be ‘no unmet needs’ in West
You can help the people of West by contributing to the @salvationarmy. Donation for Waco area: uss.salvationarmy.org/uss/www_uss_wa… #PrayforWest — Bill Flores (@Flores4Congress) April 18, 2013...
View ArticleHome-state favorites: Sheila Jackson Lee and Louie Gohmert most reliant on...
Many Texas politicians swell with pride when speaking of their home state, but who relied the most on Lone Star citizens for their campaign dollars? Houston Democrats Sheila Jackson Lee and Gene Green...
View ArticleTexas conservatives hail Gosnell conviction; Stockman says Democrats ‘worship...
The gory murder trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has received extensive coverage in the conservative media — if not the mainstream media. And today’s guilty verdict on three counts...
View ArticleTexas delegation could play key role in House immigration reform debate
As the Senate moves toward passage of comprehensive immigration reform, Texas’ two senators have been bit players in the legislative theatrics, adding a handful of minor amendments to a plan that was...
View ArticleTwitter profiles of the Texas congressional delegation
Welcome to Texas on the Potomac’s feature profiling the social media usage of every member of the Texas congressional delegation. Here’s a roundup of all 36 congressional district representatives and...
View ArticleInteractive graphic: Jackson Lee, Gohmert biggest talkers in Texas delegation
The Texas delegation has three of the biggest talkers in the entire House of Representatives: Louie Gohmert of Tyler, Sheila Jackson Lee of Houston and Ted Poe of Humble. But what about everyone else?...
View ArticleInteractive graphic: Gene Green, Henry Cuellar, Louie Gohmert lead small pack...
Where have you gone, Ron Paul? Without the unpredictable libertarian from Lake Jackson in Washington, there are woefully few mavericks — particularly Republicans — in the Texas congressional...
View ArticleInteractive graphic: Texas lawmakers complain about domestic spying, but most...
A lot of Republicans in the Texas delegation are griping today about the NSA’s domestic surveillance program. But over the past decade — in a series of five votes — very few current GOP members of the...
View ArticleTexas Republicans give Obama’s energy speech the ‘coal’ shoulder
We know this won't surprise you, but Texas Republicans didn't like what President Obama had to say today. We bring you a sampling of reaction.
View ArticleTexas Republicans don’t want Obamacare implementation delayed, they want it...
The Obama administration announced plans to postpone the full implementation of Obamacare until 2015, but Texas Republicans hope that the health care program is delayed permanently.
View ArticleHouston leads big-dollar Texas political contributions, dominates Democratic...
Nearly one-third of the $6 billion spent during the 2012 election came from megadonors. There are 2,700 of these deep-pocketed donors in Texas, and they donated $350 million last year.
View ArticleTexas Republicans say Obama’s delay of employer mandate is evidence of fatal...
The Obama administration's decision to delay the employer mandate of Obamacare provoked a flurry of social media outrage from Texas Republicans, led by Rep. Kevin Brady of The Woodlands. The GOP...
View ArticleJohn Cornyn’s 2013 fundraising pace could break records
Cornyn has pulled in $4.176 million in donations so far in 2013, which compares to $2.8 million he raised while gearing up for his last senate race in the first half of 2007.
View ArticleTexas Republicans bash Obamacare (again), say delay of employer mandate ‘unfair’
With the delay of the employer mandate in Obamacare, Texas Republicans claim that the law is "unfair" to individuals. On Wednesday, the House voted for the 38th time on whether or not to repeal the...
View Article10 Texas Republicans buck party in vote to limit NSA data collection
"It is encouraging to see that so many of our Texas Republican congressmen are willing to protect our privacy by reining in NSA spying," said Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas Chairman Jeffrey Larson,...
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