Standing Up For Everyone

Fort Bend Democratic Party Chair Steve Brown joined Houston Mayor Anise Parker and 240th District judicial candidate Fredericka Allen at the recent inaugural membership drive for the Fort Bend LGBT Political Caucus.

Why Is Rick Perry Afraid Of Democracy?

More today from Austin, where the Texas Democratic Party has filed suit in an attempt to discover who paid for a $532,000 petition drive to get a Green Party candidate in the governor’s race.
But really, deductive reasoning already told us who did it, right? The Green Party is sometimes said to be left of the [...]

Town Hall With Your Compassionate Representative

It appears our Republican congressman, Pete Olson, will be in Richmond at least from 6:30-8 p.m. on July 12 for a town hall meeting at the McDowell Jury Assembly Building at 212 Houston St. He wants to talk about deepwater drilling and cap-and-trade energy legislation, but will entertain constituent concerns.
Funny, he doesn’t mention anything about [...]

The Real Reason Republicans Hate The Health Care Bill

Two reasons, really. The first – Obama was for it. The GOP made a strategic decision to 100% oppose anything that President Obama favors, good American patriots that they collectively are.
But the main reason is this:
A big chunk of the money to pay for the bill comes from lifting payroll taxes on households making more [...]