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TexMessage: Attorney General speaks out against Planned Parenthood public funding
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals against a court order that requires Texas to continue to fund Planned Parenthood temporarily, though the state had planned to halt its funding this month.
TexMessage: Texas one of friendliest states to launch a business
Thumbtack.com, an online marketplace for local services, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation released the findings of a survey yesterday that named Texas one of the “friendliest” states in America to launch a small business.
TexMessage: Kevin Brady says ‘election fears’ drove Obama to flip on gay marriage
Following President Obama’s backing of same-sex marriage Wednesday, Congressman Kevin Brady issued a statement on his Facebook page that attacked Obama for speaking in order to quell “election fears” instead of upholding personal beliefs.
TexMessage: Sand dune lizard could endanger Texas economy, Cornyn says
Senator John Cornyn (R- Texas) issued a statement yesterday calling for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to refrain from adding the sand dune lizard to the endangered species list, citing the “insurmountable cost” it would have on the state’s job market.
TexMessage: Congressman Ted Poe speaks out on French election
The results of France’s election will likely have wide scale implications for the rest of the European Union, but that doesn’t mean it also won’t affect the United States, Congressman Ted Poe said Monday morning.
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TexMessage: Ron Paul racks up weekend victories
Good morning, TexMessagers! The Phillies say thanks again to the Astros for trading Hunter Pence to them. (Two homers last night.) Check out our Monday news quiz to see where Ron Paul scored victories this weekend.
Read MoreTexMessage: Controversial rocker Ted Nugent, under Secret Service investigation, says ‘I am not provocative’
Has Ted Nugent finally gone too far with threatening comments toward President Barack Obama’s reelection?
He is being investigated by the Secret Service for remarks that could be taken as a warning to Obama. He was scheduled to play a concert on an army base, but upon recent comments, it has been cancelled.
Read MoreTexMessage: Joe Barton says supporters of ObamaCare ‘are living in a dream world’
Twenty-seven of President Barack Obama’s corporate advisers said that the Obama health care mandate will increase costs, which Obama wrote off as a “partisan report.”
Joe Barton, who is on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, was featured on Fox News to defend the report.
“They have looked at the Obama health care law and come up with the obvious conclusions that it’s going to raise healthcare costs and cost a lot more money, not just to corporate America, but to average Americans who have to pay for the new mandates out of their own pocket,” said the Republican from Arlington.
Read MoreTexMessage: Jeb Hensarling says President Obama wouldn’t ‘know a jobs bill if he tripped over it’
Rep. Jeb Hensarling said that President Obama wouldn’t “know a jobs bill if he tripped over it.”
The Republican from Dallas was interview on Fox News about the Democrat-Republican blame-game, and he blames Obama saying that “the President’s policies have failed.”
Read MoreTexMessage: Lamar Smith criticizes U.S. Justice Department for partisan politics
Rep. Lamar Smith, a Republican from San Antonio and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, released a report on the U.S. Justice Department’s “disregard of the Constitution” and partisan politics on behalf of President Barack Obama and General Attorney Eric Holder.
TexMessage: Joel Osteen of Houston’s Lakewood Church is introduced by Sheila Jackson Lee as guest chaplain of the House
Congresswomen Sheila Jackson Lee takes the House floor with a different purpose in mind: to introduce Joel Olsteen, the head pastor of Lakewood, one of Houston’s mega churches that occupies what used to be the Compaq Center.
Olsteen will be speaking at National’s Park on Saturday, but on Tuesday, he served as guest chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives.
“Joel Olsteen has taught us to embrace God’s grace and mercy,” said the Democrat from Houston. “I am delighted that Lakewood started in a feed-stock store in the 18th Congressional district.”
Read MoreTexMessage: Sen. Cornyn believes the Senate Judiciary Hearing on Arizona’s immigration laws will do more for Obama’s reelection than to repair the immigration system
Though Sen. John Cornyn will not attend tomorrow’s Supreme Court hearing, Arizona v. United States, the Republican from San Antonio believes that the case will do little to help the immigration issue in the United States, but will do more to help President Obama’s reelection.
“This hearing does nothing to advance immigration reform in Congress or otherwise fix our broken system,” said Cornyn. “It is no more than election-year theater.”
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TexMessage: Cornyn says Obama ‘AWOL’ on taxes and defense issues
Senator John Cornyn appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday and criticized President Barack Obama for appearing silent on taxes and defense issues facing the nation.
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