It’s a big deal when Rick Perry goes to Italy. Just ask the governor.
Perry's trip had a state purpose, but a couple of videos floating around the Internet show some of the fun. One documents his trip to Ferrari headquarters, showing him photographing, riding in and...
View ArticleGlenn Beck says Rick Perry is ‘smarter than I am’ and ‘more and more...
Discussing Mitt Romney's comment that 47 percent of Americans didn't pay income taxes and were dependent upon government, Rick Perry said he is worried that the nation is moving toward "a majority of...
View ArticleMichael McCaul, Brianna Commerford ‘create hope’ for pediatric cancer patients
Michael McCaul celebrated the passing of the Creating Hope Act at the third annual Childhood Cancer Summit. Under the law, companies who develop better treatments for childhood cancers will get...
View ArticleFour Texas counties rank among nation’s top ten for gasoline consumption
Houston, Dallas, Forth Worth and San Antonio are among the nation's top gas guzzlers.
View ArticleTexMessage: CATO gives Rick Perry a ‘C’ grade on fiscal policies
The Texas governor's conservative report card was already shaky, and now a C in conservative fiscal policies is dragging down Rick Perry's gubernatorial grade-point average. The CATO Institute, a...
View ArticleTexMessage: Castro brothers, Ted Cruz make top 50 Hispanic business leaders list
HispanicBusiness.com ranked the top 50 businessmen of 2012 and Texans weren't left in the dust. Politicians like Ted Cruz and the Castro brothers made the list along with an Olympic medalist and an...
View ArticleSurprise: Some live Austin music in downtown DC
DC food truck lovers got a taste of Texas this afternoon when the Austin Airstream stopped at the corner of 12th and G streets. Jennifer Walker, the Director of Marketing Communications for the Austin...
View ArticleA heavenly night in DC: Texas BBQ, Shiner Beer and Austin music
"Austin's always been a little bit different. We pride ourselves on being different," said Robert Lander, president and CEO of the Austin Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
View ArticleSurvey: Latinos confident about personal finances, nation’s direction
A lot of political pundits have declared that the massive Latino turnout and overwhelming (71 percent) support for President Barack Obama is a result of tough Republican rhetoric about immigrants and...
View ArticleNAFTA at 20: Good for everybody? Or bad for Texas and America?
Texas on the Potomac regularly publishes some of the best national political reporting from the Texas Tribune. Today, we are pleased to share this piece by the Trib’s Julián Aguilar. Two decades after...
View ArticleCommentary: Kay Bailey Hutchison was a tough boss, great public servant
Texas on the Potomac is pleased to present guest commentary from across the political spectrum. Today, we offer a guest blog by Matt Mackowiak, a Republican strategist and former spokesman for Texas...
View ArticleTed Cruz calls Chicago mayor a bully, tells him to keep gun control ‘above...
In his latest vendetta against gun control, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is fighting the mayor of Chicago’s alleged ”bullying” of banks who provide services to gun manufacturers. On January 24, Chicago Mayor...
View ArticleCongressional hearing highlights maintenance needs of ports, from Texas to...
Port and harbor maintenance needs across the country are not being met, while tax revenues designed to fund maintenance are drifting to other agencies, according to testimony by port and maritime...
View ArticleStockman challenges Obama to come to Texas, ‘where I will teach him how to...
In the past 48 hours, the Obama administration announced that unemployment had risen to 7.9 percent and that the president will be discontinuing his jobs council. For Rep. Steve Stockman,...
View ArticleCommentary: Rick Perry’s phony ‘ad buy’ is a weak attempt to hype...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is at it again: He’s trying to lure California business to the Lone Star state. On Monday, a Texas private-public partnership launched a radio campaign in California where Perry...
View ArticleEnergy giants, other Texas business interests host birthday fundraiser for...
Happy birthday, Sen. John Cornyn. If you want to say it to him in person — tonight — it’ll cost you up to $5,000. The Texas Republican, who celebrated his 61st birthday on Saturday, is doing it again...
View ArticleFormer Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she’s ‘very pleased’ to join...
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, one of the most influential Texas politicians of the modern era, has joined the Houston-based law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP. The law firm announced this...
View ArticleHow will Jerry Brown respond to Rick Perry’s planned invasion of California...
Texas Gov. Rick Perry – who’s boasting in ads that his state is better for business – will be trolling around California next week, visiting Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and Los Angeles on a mission...
View ArticlePolitical cartoons of the week: Rick Perry’s war on California
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View ArticleTexas to see significant defense cuts in event of sequestration
They say everything is bigger in Texas and beginning March 1, that includes reductions in military spending. Scheduled Army budget cuts could amount to an economic loss of around $2.4 billion for the...
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