Monthly Archives: June 2011

Late on Monday night, a Texas House committee took testimony on a massive school voucher bill that would siphon billions of tax dollars away from already cash-strapped public schools to pay for tuition at private and religious schools. This legislation … Continue reading →

  Republicans Give Bonuses to Staffs While Urging Fiscal Restraint For Others – Six anti-spending House Republicans from the Greater Houston area handed their congressional staffs generous bonuses – some exceeding $4,000 – at the end of 2010 when the … Continue reading →

  Republicans Continue Their Attack on Public Education in Texas – Rep. Rob Eissler, Republican of The Woodlands, is trying to pass his package of bad policy ideas in piecemeal fashion during the special session that began May 31. His … Continue reading →

  Republican Priorities: On With the Destruction! – Right now, there are a lot of American without jobs. And a lot of those with jobs get low pay and no benefits. But quick! Medicare might start having funding problems in … Continue reading →

  Republican Governor Who Tells People to Sacrifice Took $2,500 Helicopter Ride to Son’s Baseball Game – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s image as a cost-cutter may have started cracking the moment he boarded a state police helicopter to get … Continue reading →

  Texas Republicans Have Decided They Need to Do More Damage to Our Schools – The Texas Legislature convened Tuesday for a Special Session to try and pass the enforcement tools necessary to cut public education funding by $4 billion, … Continue reading →

  Republicans Hold America’s Financial Health and Credit Rating Hostage – In yet another act of political terrorism, the latest Republican plot is to hold our nation’s honor and good credit hostage until Democrats join the Republican assault on Medicare. … Continue reading →