By B.D. Hobbs
The Biden administration, the gift that keeps on giving!
Just when you thought it was safe to a break from free government hand-outs? Get ready for more with the upcoming Child Tax Credit payments which will start in July.
Here in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott just announced this week that federal unemployment benefits will stop next month. State Senator Paul Bettencourt told KTRH, it s about time. I think that earlier would have been better to make that decision, but I m glad we ve at least recognized the obvious now. We ve got to get out of this federal free hand-out business because there really is no such thing as free federal money.
(Bloomberg) Republicans across the U.S. can thank the Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Roberts as they enact the country’s most significant voting restrictions in generations.
“Election Integrity” or Voter Intimidation?
Texas Republicans are pushing changes to election laws that would let partisan poll watchers record voters in polling places.
Texas Republicans are pushing changes to election laws that would let partisan poll watchers record voters in polling places.
During a March webinar, Bill Ely pulled up a map of Harris County while presenting the local Republican Party’s ambitious plan for the 2022 midterms: building an “army” of 10,000 conservative election monitors. Ely, a local Tea Party leader who heads the committee within the Harris County GOP dedicated to ballot security, pointed to the northwest Houston suburb where he lives, where “almost seven out of 10 homes are Republican.” Ely stressed to other party leaders on the call the importance of recruiting more election monitors from neighborhoods like his, then he dragged the cursor down to the heart of the city. Pointing to majority Black and brown neighborhoods, Ely said th
The Issue
When voters go to the polls this year, things will be drastically different, if Senate Bill 7 passes.
The Republican-sponsored bill was introduced back in March, and has already passed in the Texas Senate, and is now in the House. On the Republican side, the bill’s pro is said to help restore voter confidence and integrity. On the Democrat side, the argument is the Bill is going to limit voter access, in essence causing voter suppression.
Some proposals of the Bill include:
Will make it illegal for local election officials to mail out early voting ballots, unless requested by the voter
Gov. wants to prevent election officials from jeopardizing the election process and encouraging voter fraud through the abuse of mail ballots and drive-thru voting.