Candidates’ favorite debate buzzwords: Romney = jobs, Ryan = taxes, Obama +...
CafePress, the folks who bring you the customized political memorabilia, created a debate-watching game called "Buzzword Bingo." Americans listed the candidates' campaign buzzwords, and CafePress...
View ArticleIn final weeks of Senate career, Hutchison battles for Texas tax breaks
As one of her final legislative initiatives, outgoing Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison is leading a coalition of senators from income tax-free states with the goal of maintaining a federal tax break for...
View ArticleHouston area tweeters respond to Obama’s social media request
President Obama encouraged citizens to utilize Twitter to reach out to Congress and encourage members to pass legislation extending tax breaks for the middle class. Houston area tweeters followed the...
View ArticleLouie Gohmert: “The rich are gonna move” from U.S. if Bush tax cuts expire
Rep. Louie Gohmert argued that allowing the Bush era tax cuts to expire for the wealthy should not be an option during the fiscal cliff negotiations.
View ArticlePolitical cartoons of the week: Will Republicans use their heads during...
Or will they remain bound by Grover Norquist's tax pledge?
View ArticleObama takes to Twitter to talk (or tweet) fiscal cliff (VIDEO)
On Monday, President Obama took questions through Twitter on topics of fiscal cliff and his #my2K plan.
View ArticleFox News cuts off Texas Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson after she won’t name one...
The exchange about budgets cuts got heated during a Fox News show,with Johnson telling Cavuto that if he would "just shut up" she would try to talk of cuts. Yet, when given the change, the...
View ArticleKay Bailey Hutchison warns GOP: Don’t go off the cliff just to protect all...
Hutchison said she considers herself an optimist, but even she admitted that the Republicans will not be able to extend Bush era tax cuts for everyone.
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Congress, White House reach a deal on tax hikes, House won’t...
Welcome to Texas on the Potomac’s “The Week Ahead,” a preview of events to come on Capitol Hill and at the White House this week. This week’s report was written by William K. Moore of ViaNovo. • • •...
View ArticleHutchison, Cornyn explain votes for ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
Happy New Year, y’all! In case you weren’t watching C-SPAN2 in the hours following your champagne toast, you might have missed the first nes story of 2013: The Senate mustered an 89-vote majority for...
View ArticleTexas House Republicans resoundingly say ‘no’ to bipartisan fiscal cliff deal
Texas Republican House members just said no to the bipartisan deal to pull the nation back from the “fiscal cliff.” While both Texas senators — Republicans Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn — joined...
View ArticleJohn Culberson says he’s ‘dumbfounded and deeply disappointed’ by fiscal...
Texas on the Potomac welcomes guest commentary from across the political spectrum. Today, we offer a column by Houston Republican Rep. John Culberson explaining his strong opposition to the bipartisan...
View ArticleHenry Cuellar says fiscal cliff deal was ‘imperative’; Gene Green says it...
All nine Democrats in the Texas congressional delegation voted for the bipartisan compromise to make 99 percent of the Bush-era tax cuts permanent while raising the tax rates on family income above...
View ArticleObama budget targets oil and gas industry — again (updated)
Another year, another budget blueprint from President Obama, another attempt to increase the taxes paid by the oil and gas industry. After trying and failing for four consecutive years, the budget to...
View ArticleObama budget would end oil industry tax breaks, hike royalites
In unveiling his $3.8 trillion spending plan for the U.S. government on Wednesday, President Barack Obama revived his longstanding attack on oil industry tax breaks and formally launched a plan to pay...
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