“Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.” President Ronald Reagan We won a battle today, there was no vote (HB 4714) on the Medicaid Expansion but the war is not over. Indications are TODAY IS KEY to defeating the ObamaCare Medicaid Expansion in Michigan as a vote is being pressed. …
Just in….WORD is there are not enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill (despite promises of special deals and pork barrel projects) We need to put pressure on Senate majority leader Randy Richardville. He makes the decision to bring it to a vote. He SHOULD NOT bring it to a vote unless he …
Jared Marcum. Poster child for the new gun control fight.
As the Texas Tribune reported, we’ve started the ball rolling AGAIN asking for interim studies and public hearings on common carrier pipelines and eminent domain abuse in our state. We knew public input (pulling wisdom from the minds of men and women) would be an important element in the search for solutions to protecting private property and water while providing fertile ground for oil and gas development. There was ONE and only ONE public hearing … Continue reading →
Where we are in fighting the Amnesty Bill and the threat it really poses to your rights.
Janice Cookston WeTexans.com Archives originally http://wetexans.com/2013-annual-membership-drive-begins/ ========================================================== Today marks the beginning of our third annual membership drive. The bulk of the work we do is policy work that benefits us all: there is no customer and there is no fee. So the only revenue we receive, the revenue we need to fund our operations comes from our members. We need and appreciate your support. And every donation helps. We grew our ranks in 2012 and look forward to growing more in 2013. … Continue reading →
“A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.” ― Ronald Reagan “The future doesn’t belong to the faint …
Details to come but bill HB 4714 was watered down even more than the substitute Committee bill
“How willing they (the states) have been since the New Deal to take the Federal government’s money.. And it seems to me that they (the states) have compromised their status as independent sovereigns because they are so dependent on what the Federal Government has done, they should not be surprised that the Federal Government, having …
