Continuing Resolution
September 12th, 2013
At the end of this week, the House of Representatives will take up the Continuing Resolution to fund the government. It is unclear whether they will choose to defund Obamacare through the CR, rather than through a symbolic...
April 5th, 2013
US Senator John CornynSteve Munisteri chairman of the Republican Party of Texas has done a great job with the Grassroots Club. On April 1, the Grassroots Club members were invited to a brunch at Cisco’s Restaurant in Austin...
March 7th, 2013
Yesterday I voted for the H.R. 933, the Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. The bill provides our military and veterans with the funding...
April 8th, 2011
Why These Riders are so ImportantAs the days proceed towards a government shutdown, the principal negotiators continue to battle over something that few Americans have heard much about. This looming...
March 15th, 2011
Do House Republicans Really Want to Cut the Federal Budget?This past Friday (3/11/2011), House Republicans unveiled yet another Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the federal government running for three...
March 7th, 2011
The Washington Post published an article on Feb. 28, 2011 by Lon Montgomery entitled “GOP spending plan would cost 700,000 jobs, new report says”. The article goes on to quote Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s...
August 5th, 2013
I was fortunate enough to join other conservative Americans from all over the country assembled at Erick Erickson’s fifth annual RedState gathering, RedState 2013 in New Orleans over the first weekend in August. Speakers...
March 12th, 2013
Today I issued a statement in support of the Republican plan to balance the budget by 2023. Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) today released the fiscal year 2014 House budget resolution. More information about the...
June 27th, 2011
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady, introduced legislation that would impose mandatory smart caps on federal spending and provide for flexible fiscal guardrails that shrink the size of government.“Creating jobs is...
March 17th, 2011
Washington --- A new web video released by the NRCC today demonstrates how President Obama and Democrats in Congress continue to fail in their duties to lead the country through difficult economic times. Despite our record...
March 7th, 2011
Democrat Budget Proposals are Totally UnreasonableOn Fox News Sunday (3/06/2011), Sen. Richard Durbin stated firmly that the Democrat’s proposal of only $10.1 Billion in discretionary spending cuts were as...
February 26th, 2011
Will House Republicans Stand Firm?During the last days of the lame duck session of Congress in 2010, the House and Senate passed a compromise Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government on a temporary...