The Brief: Top Texas News for Sept. 14, 2012
The Big Conversation:
Given the reliable political and financial support Republicans receive from Texas, the state with the largest GOP delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives, how many top party leaders in the House might you expect to hail from the Lone Star State?
If you said zero, you may soon be right!
According to a report from Politico, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner will meet with U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, today about that circumstances that could keep Texans out of the top leadership slots in the next Congress.
Sessions is currently finishing up his ...
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Phil Beck
Louis Gohmert for Speaker!
Adele Roberson
Sheldon Adelson, the conservative billionaire Las Vegas casino owner, has pledged to give up to $100 million -- whatever it takes -- to defeat Barack Obama.
We know it's not out of love for Mitt Romney, so why part with so much money? As President Clinton reminded us last week, sometimes the answer is as simple as arithmetic.
So let's do the math: According to a new report from the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Adelson could see up to $2 billion in savings under Mitt Romney's tax plan versus the President's plan. That's how much Romney's policies would favor millionaires and billionaires.
If Mitt Romney wins -- $2 billion more for Adelson. If Barack Obama wins, millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share.
It's a highly cynical but straightforward calculation.