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2:12 pm CST - June 18, 2013

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3 Billion Phone Calls Made in US Every Day


He played back a phone conversation I had two years prior …”

robert-romanoBy Robert Romano

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – So how deep does the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden really go? Are they downloading every email and phone call out there? Just  communications to and from foreign targets? The American people are rightly wondering just how far this all goes. Is the government lying about the scope of  its spying?   Continue Reading.

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1:26 pm CST - June 18, 2013

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Cruz: Ensure Federal Law Does Not Preempt States’ Voter ID Abilities


Comments on Supreme Court’s Arizona ruling

ted-cruz-spksTexas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – “This amendment ensures that states can enforce the commonsense requirement that those registered to vote must actually be U.S. citizens,” said U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) while filing his amendment to S. 744, the Senate Immigration Reform Bill, to close a loophole in the federal “Motor Voter” law that preempts states from enforcing requirements that would ensure those registered to vote are U.S. citizens.   Continue Reading.

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1:15 pm CST - June 18, 2013

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Boehner Won’t Back Immigration Bill Without Majority


By David M. Drucker

John-BoehnerHouse Speaker John Boehner is not going to bring a comprehensive immigration-reform plan to the floor if a majority of Republicans don’t support it, sources familiar with his plans said.

“No way in hell,” is how several described the chances of the speaker acting on such a proposal without a majority of his majority behind him. Continue Reading.

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1:11 pm CST - June 18, 2013

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Rubio to Vote Against Two More Border Security Amendments


By Conn Carroll

 

marco-rubio3CNN released a poll today showing that, by a 62 percent to 36 percent margin, Americans believe “the main focus of the U.S. government in dealing with immigration policy” should be “increasing border security to reduce or eliminate the number of immigrants coming into this country,” and not “creating a path to citizenship for many immigrants who are in this country without permission from the U.S. government.” Continue Reading.

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12:59 pm CST - June 18, 2013

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Poll: 70% Believe IRS Targeting Started in D.C.


Katie Pavlich

katie-pavlichWhen senior IRS officials first admitted to unfair and inappropriate targeting of conservative groups, they claimed the targeting was carried out by a few rogue agents in a Cincinnati office. Weeks and mounds of evidence to the contrary later, a new Rasmussen Report shows 70 percent of Americans believe the targeting of tea party groups came from Washington D.C. and the White House.  Continue Reading.

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10:58 am CST - June 18, 2013

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Obama, Putin Fail to Resolve Differences Over Syria



By Scott Wilson

Obama-Putin3ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland — President Obama and his Russian counterpart, Vladi­mir Putin, failed to resolve on Monday their significant differences over how to bring about an end to Syria’s civil war, as each leader steps up military support for opposite sides in the worsening conflict. Continue Reading.

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2:29 pm CST - June 14, 2013

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Morning Examiner: Marco Rubio’s vote against putting border security first


By Conn Carroll

Rubio-ImmigrationSenate passage of the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill is looking like far less of a sure thing after Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Senate Democrats voted down an amendment yesterday that would have secured the border first before granting illegal immigrants citizenship.

For those paying attention to the immigration debate, the legalization-first-border-security-later structure of the Schumer-Rubio bill has never been in question. Continue Reading.

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2:03 pm CST - June 14, 2013

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PAXTON: A Special Session Update


By Senator Ken Paxton

Ken Paxton5Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – On May 27th, at the close of the 2013 Regular Session, Gov. Rick Perry called a Special Legislative Session to consider matters related to redistricting, the redrawing of Texas’ State Legislative and Congressional District boundaries required following the U.S. Census taken every 10 years. At the beginning of this week, Gov. Perry added several new items to the agenda.   Continue Reading.

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12:29 pm CST - June 14, 2013

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‘Beyond Orwellian’ Federal Surveillance Is About Right


Holder’s Committee appearance & testimony will be classified

kim-davisBy Kim Davis

Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As details emerged this week of the U.S. government’s massive surveillance efforts, both at home and abroad, the ACLU predictably ranted about tactics it described as “beyond Orwellian.” But this time around, the hyperbole seems justified – It goes without saying that this mass collation of data is based on nothing even resembling a showing of probable cause.   Continue Reading.

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12:40 pm CST - June 13, 2013

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Will D’s Kill Immigration Reform Over Cornyn Amendment?


By Conn Carroll

Conn-CarrollIf you believe that the best possible political outcome for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is that he establishes himself as the face of Republican efforts to reform immigration, but then Democrats ultimately kill immigration reform, then yesterday was a great day for Marco Rubio. Continue Reading.

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