http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:36:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/texas-remains-4-1-billion-short-on-its-budget/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/texas-remains-4-1-billion-short-on-its-budget/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:33:08 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5098
The Texas economy is coming back, but the state budget is still in trouble.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/texas-remains-4-1-billion-short-on-its-budget/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/romney-endorser-corrects-mitt-on-auto-rescue-no-one-could-have-saved-the-industry-except-the-government/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/romney-endorser-corrects-mitt-on-auto-rescue-no-one-could-have-saved-the-industry-except-the-government/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:21:03 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5095
Travis Waldron | ThinkProgress Mitt Romney’s renewed opposition to the rescue that saved the American auto industry, which came in the form of yet another editorial announcing his desire to “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,” was immediately slammed by auto industry insiders, reporters who covered the rescue, and even publications that had once taken his [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/romney-endorser-corrects-mitt-on-auto-rescue-no-one-could-have-saved-the-industry-except-the-government/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/indiana-republican-accuses-girl-scouts-of-pushing-pro-abortion-agenda-homosexual-lifestyles/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/indiana-republican-accuses-girl-scouts-of-pushing-pro-abortion-agenda-homosexual-lifestyles/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:14:28 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5091
Igor Volsky | The Wonk Room A Republican lawmaker in Indiana was the only state House member to “refuse to sign a resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts that lawmakers approved last week,” claiming that the “radicalized organization” supports abortions and the homosexual agenda. In a letter obtained by [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/indiana-republican-accuses-girl-scouts-of-pushing-pro-abortion-agenda-homosexual-lifestyles/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/who-bankrolls-romney-big-donors-not-small-ones/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/who-bankrolls-romney-big-donors-not-small-ones/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:05:19 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5088
PETER OVERBY | NPR Mitt Romney had the strongest fundraising among the Republican presidential contenders last month. But a deeper look raises questions about just how strong it is in the long run. The Romney campaign is unusually reliant on big donors — and weak on small donors. In one sense, big [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/who-bankrolls-romney-big-donors-not-small-ones/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/religious-groups-line-up-to-support-affordable-care-act/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/religious-groups-line-up-to-support-affordable-care-act/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:58:54 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5085
Ian Millhiser | ThinkProgress Earlier this month, the nation was barraged with media coverage of the Catholic Bishops’ opposition to regulations promulgated under the Affordable Care Act protecting working women’s access to contraception. The loudness of the bishops’ complaints, which were echoed by conservative luminaries ranging from Speaker John Boehner to GOP presidential frontrunners  http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/religious-groups-line-up-to-support-affordable-care-act/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/perry-leaning-toward-a-run-for-re-election/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/perry-leaning-toward-a-run-for-re-election/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:40:31 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5079
Jay Root | The Texas Tribune Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday he is leaning toward running for re-election in 2014 and possibly another stab at the White House two years after that. Perry also told The Texas Tribune he had learned a few lessons from his failed presidential bid. He said he [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/perry-leaning-toward-a-run-for-re-election/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/as-gas-prices-rise-gop-wants-even-more-handouts-to-big-oil/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/as-gas-prices-rise-gop-wants-even-more-handouts-to-big-oil/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:19:02 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5075
For their part, Republicans have latched on to these rising prices as proof that President Obama has pursued an “outrageously anti-American” energy policy. As with most other overheated conservative attacks on the president, the facts don’t line up in their favor.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/as-gas-prices-rise-gop-wants-even-more-handouts-to-big-oil/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/politifact-rates-jason-isaacs-misleading-talking-points-about-texas-school-funding-pants-on-fire/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/politifact-rates-jason-isaacs-misleading-talking-points-about-texas-school-funding-pants-on-fire/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:18:10 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5058
Jason Isaac has been recycling the same talking points in Hays County that Myra Crownover has in North Texas: misleading statements that the state increased education spending. "So, lawmakers ultimately cut public school aid, with key leaders even acknowledging so as those decisions were sealed. To tell constituents otherwise is not only inaccurate, it’s misleading and ridiculous. Pants on Fire!" - Politifact Texas]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/politifact-rates-jason-isaacs-misleading-talking-points-about-texas-school-funding-pants-on-fire/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/rick-santorum-prenatal-testing-encourages-abortions/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/rick-santorum-prenatal-testing-encourages-abortions/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:50:57 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5054
GOP presidential candidate and former senator Rick Santorum sharply criticized President Obama’s health-care law again Sunday for requiring health-insurance companies to cover certain prenatal tests, because some procedures are used to identify abnormalities and “encourage abortions.”]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/rick-santorum-prenatal-testing-encourages-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/huntsman-attacks-romneys-china-policy-as-wrongheaded/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/huntsman-attacks-romneys-china-policy-as-wrongheaded/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:41:47 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5051
Matt Vasilogambros | National Journal Former presidential candidate Jon Huntsman said Mitt Romney’s policy toward China was “wrongheaded,” adding that Republican candidates should not pander when deciding how to deal with China diplomatically and through trade. “Let's just say that it's not unusual for candidates to be saying certain things about China,” [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/huntsman-attacks-romneys-china-policy-as-wrongheaded/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/last-year-54-million-americans-received-free-preventive-services-thanks-to-health-care-reform/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/last-year-54-million-americans-received-free-preventive-services-thanks-to-health-care-reform/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:34:11 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5047
A new report shows that approximately 54 million Americans were provided with at least one new free preventive service in 2011 through their private health insurance plans, thanks to the Affordable Care Act.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/last-year-54-million-americans-received-free-preventive-services-thanks-to-health-care-reform/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-rick-santorum-ripped-off-american-veterans/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-rick-santorum-ripped-off-american-veterans/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:29:29 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5044
As a US senator, Santorum engineered a controversial land deal that robbed the military's top veterans' home of tens of millions of dollars and worsened the deteriorating conditions at the facility.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-rick-santorum-ripped-off-american-veterans/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/gop-gov-christie-vetoing-same-sex-marriage-bill-the-right-thing-to-do/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/gop-gov-christie-vetoing-same-sex-marriage-bill-the-right-thing-to-do/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:21:53 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5040
Appearing on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight, which will air Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie defended his decision to veto legislation that would have granted same sex couples all the marriage rights afforded to heterosexual couples.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/gop-gov-christie-vetoing-same-sex-marriage-bill-the-right-thing-to-do/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-republicans-could-still-succeed-at-privatizing-medicare/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-republicans-could-still-succeed-at-privatizing-medicare/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:14:55 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5035
Republicans may be backing off their famously toxic plan by Paul Ryan to privatize Medicare, but they’ve doubled down on the broader concept and are taking strategic steps to get there over time.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-republicans-could-still-succeed-at-privatizing-medicare/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/report-perry-mostly-absent-from-governors-office/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/report-perry-mostly-absent-from-governors-office/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:08:42 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5031
In the first 16 days since abandoning his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Perry has been to his office just three times and stayed no longer than three hours each time, The Dallas Morning News reported in Sunday's edition.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/report-perry-mostly-absent-from-governors-office/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/in-labored-clarification-fox-contributor-castigates-militarys-fake-heroism/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/in-labored-clarification-fox-contributor-castigates-militarys-fake-heroism/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:02:23 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5026
After suggesting that the issue of women in military roles has “never gotten a fair and open hearing,” Trotta went on to say: “The political correctness infecting the Pentagon has resulted in silly and dishonest fairy tales about female heroism ... there are countless other stories of fake heroism or exaggerated prowess in which women are the stars, many of them tailored for The New York Times and its agenda to promote militant feminism, no matter what the truth,” Trotta added.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/in-labored-clarification-fox-contributor-castigates-militarys-fake-heroism/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/rick-santorum-calls-for-end-of-public-education-says-parents-should-home-school-their-kids/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/rick-santorum-calls-for-end-of-public-education-says-parents-should-home-school-their-kids/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:48:33 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5021
During a speech at the Ohio Christian Alliance, Santorum told the crowd that public education is “an artifact” that must come to an end, and that parents should withdraw their children and rely on home schooling and online education.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/rick-santorum-calls-for-end-of-public-education-says-parents-should-home-school-their-kids/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/santorum-sugar-daddy-foster-friess-gives-gals-contraception-advice-put-an-aspirin-between-your-knees/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/santorum-sugar-daddy-foster-friess-gives-gals-contraception-advice-put-an-aspirin-between-your-knees/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:58:53 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5010
Foster Friess, the main donor to the Super PAC backing Rick Santorum’s presidential bid, dismissed the controversy surrounding President Obama’s new birth control rule by suggesting that women should just keep their legs shut.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/santorum-sugar-daddy-foster-friess-gives-gals-contraception-advice-put-an-aspirin-between-your-knees/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/another-milestone-in-the-resurgence-of-the-american-auto-industry/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/another-milestone-in-the-resurgence-of-the-american-auto-industry/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:47:34 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5004
Thursday, we learned that each of the Big Three automakers posted a yearly profit for 2011. For the first time since 2004, all of those companies are operating in the black. But those aren’t the only milestones we’ve seen recently in the resurgence of the American auto industry. Or in the comeback of the American manufacturing sector.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/another-milestone-in-the-resurgence-of-the-american-auto-industry/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/obamas-latest-budget-would-create-1-5-million-new-jobs-in-2012/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/obamas-latest-budget-would-create-1-5-million-new-jobs-in-2012/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:41:19 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=5001
The Economic Policy Institute released an analysis today of the programs in President Obama’s newly proposed budget plan which are aimed at boosting job growth. All told, it would yield approximately 1.5 million new jobs in fiscal year 2012, and around 1.3 million in 2013. ]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/obamas-latest-budget-would-create-1-5-million-new-jobs-in-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/democratic-women-boycott-house-contraception-hearing-after-republicans-prevent-women-from-testifying/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/democratic-women-boycott-house-contraception-hearing-after-republicans-prevent-women-from-testifying/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:31:18 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4993
Last Thursday, Democrats tore into House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) for preventing women from testifying before a hearing examining the Obama administration’s new regulation requiring employers and insurers to provide contraception coverage to their employees.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/democratic-women-boycott-house-contraception-hearing-after-republicans-prevent-women-from-testifying/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/holocaust-survivor-calls-out-romney-over-proxy-baptisms/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/holocaust-survivor-calls-out-romney-over-proxy-baptisms/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:26:56 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4990
Prominent Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wants Mitt Romney to urge the Mormon church to abandon its practice of posthumously baptizing Jews, some of whom died in concentration camps during World War II.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/holocaust-survivor-calls-out-romney-over-proxy-baptisms/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/while-he-was-a-senator-rick-santorum-voted-with-president-george-w-bush-over-95-of-the-time/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/while-he-was-a-senator-rick-santorum-voted-with-president-george-w-bush-over-95-of-the-time/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:22:27 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4987
If Americans were to elect Rick Santorum to the Presidency, they’d be electing a second George W. Bush. In fact, Santorum would be even worse. If Rick Perry is the dumber version of Bush, Rick Santorum is the extreme version. ]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/while-he-was-a-senator-rick-santorum-voted-with-president-george-w-bush-over-95-of-the-time/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/wimberley-democrats-campaign-kickoff-rally/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/wimberley-democrats-campaign-kickoff-rally/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:56:45 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4984 Detail]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/wimberley-democrats-campaign-kickoff-rally/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/college-democrats-meeting/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/college-democrats-meeting/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:55:13 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4982 Details]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/college-democrats-meeting/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/in-new-op-ed-romney-reiterates-%e2%80%98let-detroit-go-bankrupt%e2%80%99/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/in-new-op-ed-romney-reiterates-%e2%80%98let-detroit-go-bankrupt%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:11:02 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4975
Travis Waldron | ThinkProgress Two weeks from today, voters in Michigan will hit the polls for the state’s Republican presidential primary, where native son and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — once thought of as the GOP’s inevitable nominee — is now trailing former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. Romney’s father, George Romney, [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/in-new-op-ed-romney-reiterates-%e2%80%98let-detroit-go-bankrupt%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/ten-facts-about-the-obama-budget/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/ten-facts-about-the-obama-budget/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:03:18 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4972
Travis Waldron | ThinkProgress President Obama unveiled his budget for fiscal year 2013 this morning in Virginia, touting it as a budget that took a balanced approach toward investigating in American economic growth now while reducing the nation’s deficit over the long-term. The budget is a step in the right direction, using [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/ten-facts-about-the-obama-budget/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/texas-judge-fights-back-against-hate-from-newt-gingrich-and-the-right/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/texas-judge-fights-back-against-hate-from-newt-gingrich-and-the-right/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:58:09 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4969
Stephen D. Foster Jr. | Addicting Info A federal judge in Texas is fighting back against attacks by Newt Gingrich and the religious right. After receiving death threats and being labeled as an out of control activist judge for ruling that schools cannot sponsor student led prayer at graduation ceremonies, the Honorable Fred [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/texas-judge-fights-back-against-hate-from-newt-gingrich-and-the-right/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/omg-perry-%e2%80%98absolutely%e2%80%99-considering-another-white-house-bid/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/omg-perry-%e2%80%98absolutely%e2%80%99-considering-another-white-house-bid/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:49:34 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4967
Eric W. Dolan | The Raw Story Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said Monday he was “absolutely” considering running for president again in 2016. Perry announced he was running for President of the United States during a speech in South Carolina in August 2011, after many other candidates had already been [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/omg-perry-%e2%80%98absolutely%e2%80%99-considering-another-white-house-bid/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/ron-paul-vs-birth-control/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/ron-paul-vs-birth-control/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:38:43 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4963
Last year, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul introduced a bill in Congress that would allow states to ban contraception if they choose.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/ron-paul-vs-birth-control/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/the-gop-war-on-birth-control/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/the-gop-war-on-birth-control/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:37:39 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4958
Rachel Maddow | The New York Times Rachel Maddow is a political commentator and host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show.” In 2008 in Colorado, a rebel faction of antiabortion activists decided to pursue a “personhood” initiative. Over the objections of the mainstream antiabortion movement, they proposed amending the state’s constitution to [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/the-gop-war-on-birth-control/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/white-nationalists-share-gop-spotlight-at-cpac/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/white-nationalists-share-gop-spotlight-at-cpac/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:29:25 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4955
Joe Conason | TruthDig If the Conservative Political Action Conference can be expected to accomplish anything more than angry bellowing, it is to reliably embarrass every decent and sane conservative in America. Sometimes the problem is a conspiratorial extremist co-sponsor, like the John Birch Society; sometimes the problem is a certifiable kook [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/white-nationalists-share-gop-spotlight-at-cpac/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/republican-enthusiasm-gap-could-spell-trouble-for-party-in-november/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/republican-enthusiasm-gap-could-spell-trouble-for-party-in-november/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:21:06 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4951
Kyle Leighton | TalkingPointsMemo It’s now clear that questions about former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s inevitability as the GOP nominee are real. Not that there remain many plausible ways to see how he doesn’t ultimately get the nod — but Republicans are truly getting dragged into this thing kicking and screaming. And [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/republican-enthusiasm-gap-could-spell-trouble-for-party-in-november/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/wall-street-%e2%80%98likely-to-set-records%e2%80%99-for-political-spending-aimed-at-defeating-obama-in-2012/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/wall-street-%e2%80%98likely-to-set-records%e2%80%99-for-political-spending-aimed-at-defeating-obama-in-2012/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:57:42 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4937
It seems Wall Street has had its feelings hurt by the Obama administration’s increasingly vocal support for policies that benefit the other 99 percent, and as a result, the financial industry is giving heavily to Republicans and, in particular, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R).]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/wall-street-%e2%80%98likely-to-set-records%e2%80%99-for-political-spending-aimed-at-defeating-obama-in-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/why-the-gop%e2%80%99s-payroll-tax-cut-cave-is-an-even-bigger-deal-than-you-think/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/why-the-gop%e2%80%99s-payroll-tax-cut-cave-is-an-even-bigger-deal-than-you-think/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:52:15 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4934
Brian Beutler | TalkingPointsMemo The GOP’s accession to reality on the payroll tax cut is being cast as a key victory for Democrats and President Obama. Republicans caved, the payroll tax will almost certainly be renewed, and the economy won’t take a tough hit just as the recovery’s beginning to accelerate. But [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/why-the-gop%e2%80%99s-payroll-tax-cut-cave-is-an-even-bigger-deal-than-you-think/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/state-rep-villarreal-natural-gas-tax-break-costs-texas-schools-2-billion/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/state-rep-villarreal-natural-gas-tax-break-costs-texas-schools-2-billion/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:38:06 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4928
The state’s high-cost natural gas tax exemption cost the state $2.3 billion during fiscal years 2010 and 2011, according to data provided by the state Comptroller’s office. The dollar figure is roughly equivalent to the amount needed to cover the increase in student enrollment, which the legislature chose not to pay for in the current state budget.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/state-rep-villarreal-natural-gas-tax-break-costs-texas-schools-2-billion/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/fox-pundit-says-women-in-the-military-should-%e2%80%98expect%e2%80%99-to-be-raped/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/fox-pundit-says-women-in-the-military-should-%e2%80%98expect%e2%80%99-to-be-raped/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:30:02 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4923
Fox News contributor Liz Trotta cited a recent Pentagon report that violent sex crimes in the military have increased over the last 6 years and said women should “expect” it, decrying more levels of bureaucracy to support women who have been “raped too much.“]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/fox-pundit-says-women-in-the-military-should-%e2%80%98expect%e2%80%99-to-be-raped/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-obama%e2%80%99s-budget-throws-a-big-punch-at-the-gop/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-obama%e2%80%99s-budget-throws-a-big-punch-at-the-gop/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:26:07 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4920
President Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget envisions the economy healing steadily after years of hemorrhaging and stagnation — and key government services surviving mostly despite the violence done to the federal ledger by the Bush tax cuts, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the 2008 financial crisis.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/how-obama%e2%80%99s-budget-throws-a-big-punch-at-the-gop/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/violence-against-women-act-reauthorization-moves-ahead-without-cornyn/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/violence-against-women-act-reauthorization-moves-ahead-without-cornyn/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:21:46 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4915
Some of you may remember the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as a major Biden initiative from before he was cool (and by cool I mean Vice President). The National Organization for Women called it “the greatest breakthrough in civil rights for women in nearly two decades.” Phyllis Schlafley called it proof “that the feminists control the Democratic Party.” So you can guess where John Cornyn stands.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/violence-against-women-act-reauthorization-moves-ahead-without-cornyn/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/nearly-half-of-obama-campaign-funds-from-small-donations/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/nearly-half-of-obama-campaign-funds-from-small-donations/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:15:52 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4912
A campaign finance study published Wednesday reveals a pretty big difference between the campaigns of President Barack Obama and likely Republican challenger Mitt Romney: namely, 48 percent of Obama’s money came from small donations.]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/nearly-half-of-obama-campaign-funds-from-small-donations/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mitt-romney-raises-lobbyist-money-criticizes-opponents-for-influence-peddling/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mitt-romney-raises-lobbyist-money-criticizes-opponents-for-influence-peddling/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:10:47 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4908
While decrying both his opponents’ work as a consultants or lobbyists, Romney has pulled in more money from Washington lobbyists than any other candidate in the race for the Republican nomination. The Romney campaign received $554,044 from 325 lobbyists and the political action committees of 38 lobbying firms that collectively represent more than 1,400 clients, according to The Huffington Post’s analysis of contribution disclosure forms filed with the Secretary of the Senate. ]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mitt-romney-raises-lobbyist-money-criticizes-opponents-for-influence-peddling/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/hannity-bin-laden-would-be-alive-if-obama-%e2%80%98had-his-way%e2%80%99/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/hannity-bin-laden-would-be-alive-if-obama-%e2%80%98had-his-way%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:03:39 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4905
Andrew Jones | The Raw Story A day after proclaiming America’s end if President Barack Obama is re-elected, Sean Hannity added to his pile of animosity Tuesday evening with a claim startlingly detached from reality. In a discussion with Republican pollster Frank Luntz, comparing President Obama to former President Ronald Reagan, Hannity [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/hannity-bin-laden-would-be-alive-if-obama-%e2%80%98had-his-way%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/president-obama-unveils-budget-that-includes-billions-to-rebuild-nation%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-create-jobs/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/president-obama-unveils-budget-that-includes-billions-to-rebuild-nation%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-create-jobs/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:00:11 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4902
Travis Waldron | ThinkProgress Economists estimated in 2011 that the United States needed $2 trillion in immediate investments just to bring its infrastructure up to date, and with borrowing costs low and the nation’s unemployment rate still high, such investments would allow the country to fix its crumbling roads and bridges while [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/president-obama-unveils-budget-that-includes-billions-to-rebuild-nation%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-create-jobs/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mitt-romney-condemns-prop-8-verdict-claims-judges-misinterpreted-constitution/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mitt-romney-condemns-prop-8-verdict-claims-judges-misinterpreted-constitution/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:52:37 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4900
“Today, unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of California who voted to protect traditional marriage. This decision does not end this fight, and I expect it to go to the Supreme Court. I believe marriage is between a man and a woman and, as president, I will protect traditional marriage and appoint judges who interpret the Constitution as it is written and not according to their own politics and prejudices.” - Mitt Romney]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mitt-romney-condemns-prop-8-verdict-claims-judges-misinterpreted-constitution/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/democracy-for-texas-presents-texas-schools-need-our-help/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/democracy-for-texas-presents-texas-schools-need-our-help/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:11:27 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4896 Details]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/democracy-for-texas-presents-texas-schools-need-our-help/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/2012-kyle-buda-empty-bowls-project/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/2012-kyle-buda-empty-bowls-project/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:18:20 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4886 Details ]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/2012-kyle-buda-empty-bowls-project/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mccain-romney%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98self-deportation%e2%80%99-scheme-is-inhumane/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mccain-romney%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98self-deportation%e2%80%99-scheme-is-inhumane/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:11:40 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4862
David Edwards | The Raw Story While former Republican presidential nominee John McCain may be a big supporter of Mitt Romney, the Arizona senator isn’t a fan when it comes to the GOP frontrunner’s policy of “self-deportation” for undocumented immigrants. During a recent NBC Republican presidential debate in Florida, Romney explained that [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/mccain-romney%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98self-deportation%e2%80%99-scheme-is-inhumane/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/combs-under-fire-for-f1-financial-role/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/combs-under-fire-for-f1-financial-role/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:50 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4859
Letter offering 'full funding' raising controversy Josh Hinkle | KXAN AUSTIN (KXAN) - The construction countdown is on. Nine months until Formula One is scheduled to race into Austin. Still up in the air - whether state tax dollars will ever be part of the F1 funding formula. Questions and controversy [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/combs-under-fire-for-f1-financial-role/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/santorum-longs-for-good-old-days-of-%e2%80%98shadow-abortions%e2%80%99-when-women-obtained-back-alley-procedures/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/santorum-longs-for-good-old-days-of-%e2%80%98shadow-abortions%e2%80%99-when-women-obtained-back-alley-procedures/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:01:54 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4856
"Look at what’s happened just in our tolerance for abortion. Fifty years ago…60 years ago, people who did abortions were in the shadows, people who were considered really bad doctors. Now, abortion is something to that is just accepted." ]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/santorum-longs-for-good-old-days-of-%e2%80%98shadow-abortions%e2%80%99-when-women-obtained-back-alley-procedures/feed/ 0 http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/records-show-ron-paul-trips-paid-twice/ http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/records-show-ron-paul-trips-paid-twice/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:57:06 +0000 Casey http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/?p=4854
House Appears to Have Reimbursed Congressman for Trips That Were Also Paid for by Other Groups Jonathan Strong | Roll Call Rep. Ron Paul appears to have been paid twice for flights between Washington, D.C., and his Congressional district, receiving reimbursement from taxpayers and also from a network of political and nonprofit [...]]]> http://www.hayscountydemocrats.org/records-show-ron-paul-trips-paid-twice/feed/ 0