Health, Uncategorized
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Former presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed into law new legislation that requires all college students, including those living off campus, to get injected with a meningitis vaccine. The new guidelines, which reportedly received bipartisan support, require that all students under the age of 30 show either proof of vaccination or a signed affidavit of exemption before being allowed to come to class.
2012 Elections, Headlines
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
By JIM DAVENPORT, Associated Press SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Ron Paul said he didn’t mean to embarrass fellow Texan Rick Perry when Perry forgot, during a debate, one of the three federal agencies he wants to abolish. Paul held up five fingers as Perry groped for words, and the video has been viewed thousands of [...]
Taxes
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On jobs and taxes, the top Republican presidential rivals are locked in a fierce game of one-upmanship. They’re all trying to outdo each other in offering the boldest economic plan for the campaign to unseat President Barack Obama next November. Despite some notable differences in the blueprints, [...]
2012 Elections
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | Politico Michele Bachmann is blaming a tea party group’s call for her to bow out of the 2012 race on Rick Perry, insisting it was a dirty trick – adding she had no evidence but had heard word of it. In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Bachmann said that American [...]
Breaking News, Taxes
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The folks in Washington might not like to hear it, but the plain truth is the U.S. government spends too much. Taxes are too high, too complex, and too riddled with special interest loopholes. And our expensive entitlement system is unsustainable in the long run.
Taxes
Monday, October 24th, 2011
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Step aside 9-9-9. A new flat tax proposal is coming to town.
2012 Elections
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential contender Ron Paul is opening his wallet for $2 million of television ads that criticize rivals Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Herman Cain for supporting federal spending while touting his own proposal for drastically shrinking Washington’s bottom line.
2012 Elections
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican presidential contenders attacked upstart Herman Cain’s economic plan as a tax increase waiting to happen Tuesday night, moving swiftly in a fiery campaign debate to blunt the former businessman’s unlikely rise in the race for the party’s nomination.
Activism
Friday, October 14th, 2011
From FOXNews Latino Texas Tea Party members want Gov. Rick Perry to push a measure that would give police the power to check the immigration status of people they detain. The members, representing various grass-roots organizations, took their demand Thursday to the state Capitol, where they held a news conference urging Perry to sign an [...]
2012 Elections, Breaking News, Headlines
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
From American Research Group Herman Cain leads the South Carolina Republican presidential primary with 26%. Cain is followed closely by Mitt Romney at 25%. Rick Perry is third at 15%. In July, Romney was leading with 25%, followed by Sarah Palin at 16%, Michele Bachmann at 13%, and Herman Cain at 10%. Among likely primary [...]
