July 18, 2021

House Democrats Left Texas to Kill Conservative Priorities. Republicans Let Them. [[link removed]]

by Brandon Waltens

After House Democrats left Austin for Washington, D.C., this week in order to break quorum and halt consideration of conservative priorities, Republicans in the chamber continue to beat their chests, calling for Democrats to return and do the work they are paid to do.

And while that argument is certainly true (after all, House Democrats who have left will continue to be entitled to receive their pay and per diem), there is one key fact that has largely been ignored: House Republicans allowed this to happen.

Read more... [[link removed]]

Check out the latest episodes from our catalog of entertaining and informative podcasts produced by the team at Texas Scorecard and other conservative leaders from around the state. We are on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify so you can subscribe and never miss a new episode!

This Week in Texas

with J [[link removed]] eramy Kitchen [[link removed]]

Reflections on Life & Liberty

with Michael Quinn Sullivan [[link removed]]

The Headline

with Brandon Waltens [[link removed]]

The Luke Macias Show [[link removed]]

The Liberty Café

with Bill Peacock [[link removed]]

Conversations [[link removed]]

Help us keep Texans informed! [[link removed]] Statewide While House is Paralyzed, Senate Moves Quickly on Special Session Items [[link removed]]

Though some Senate Democrat lawmakers joined their colleagues in Washington, D.C., enough remained behind to maintain quorum.

House Democrats Remind Speaker of the Coalitions That Put Him There [[link removed]]

“There needs to be 76 members who decide who our next Speaker is, and more than 60 are not there.”



Read more in State news... [[link removed]]

Local Austin Police Department in ‘Dire Situation’ After Being Defunded Last Year [[link removed]]

“I’m going to call it a crisis, because that’s what it is.”

Seliger Draws First Primary Challenger for 2022 Election [[link removed]]

Coahoma ISD Board Trustee Stormy Bradley to challenge Sen. Kel Seliger (R-Amarillo) in 2022 primary election.

Read more in Local news... [[link removed]]

Federal Local Democrat Officials Carrying Out Biden’s Door-to-Door Vaccine Push in Texas [[link removed]]

Citizens are now getting vaccines pushed on them at their homes.

Texans Blast Biden’s ‘Door-to-Door’ COVID Vaccine Plan [[link removed]]

Gov. Abbott silent on president proposing coming to Texans’ homes to push the coronavirus vaccine.

Read more in Federal news... [[link removed]]

The Texas Scorecard Journalism Fellowship [[link removed]] is a comprehensive program designed for conservative Texans under the age of 25 with an interest in public policy, effective civic engagement, political accountability, and Texas history.

Quoting...

"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope."

— Winston Churchill

Did someone forward this email to you? Subscribe here! [[link removed]] Manage Your Subscription [[link removed]]

Join the conversation with Texas Scorecard on any or all of our social media accounts

[[link removed]] Share [link removed] Tweet [link removed] Forward [link removed] A product of Texas Scorecard

www.TexasScorecard.com

(888) 410-1836

PO Box 248, Leander, TX 78646 This message was originally sent to:

John xxxxxx |

If you ever stop receiving our emails, it might be because someone unintentionally removed you from the list. To resubscribe, simply do so through our subscriber portal:

[link removed]

Before you click the link below... If someone forwarded this email to you, clicking the link will end their subscription. Unsubscribe [link removed]