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• Preamble
  • Preamble
    • Preamble
• Principles
  • Principles
    • Principles
• PRESERVING AMERICAN FREEDOM
  • LIMITING THE EXPANSE OF GOVERNMENT POWER
    • The Rights of a Sovereign People
    • State Sovereignty
    • Texas Protecting Texans
    • United States Senators
    • Unelected Bureaucrats
    • Unfunded Mandates
    • Term Limits
    • No Elected Class Exemptions
    • Law Enforcement
    • Defeat Terrorism
    • Repeal Freedom Act
    • Abolish National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
    • Emergency War Powers and Martial Law Declarations
    • Elimination of Executive Orders
    • Inter-jurisdictional Agreements
    • Census
    • Preservation of Republican Form of Government
    • Legislative Accountability
    • Line-Item Veto
    • Sunset Commission
    • Recall Elections
    • Constitutional Convention
    • Article V Convention
    • Affirmative Action
    • Property Rights
    • Water Rights
    • Protection from Extreme Environmentalists
    • Homestead Protection
    • Livestock and Pet Location
    • Photo Traffic Enforcement Cameras
    • Drivers Licenses
    • Defending American Citizens
    • Preserving Private Enterprise
    • Fairness Doctrine
    • Employment Non-Discrimination Act and Laws
    • Government Intrusion into the Internet or Communications
    • Government Surveillance
  • REFORMING THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
    • Direct Election of State Judges
    • Jury Reform
    • Administrative Justice
    • Judicial Restraint
    • Remedies to Activist Judiciary
    • American Law for American Courts (ALAC)
    • Judicial Nominees
    • Licensing
    • Statutory Authority for Regulation
  • RESTORING INTEGRITY TO OUR ELECTIONS
    • Fair Election Procedures
    • Voter Registration
    • Residency Requirements
    • Voting Rights
    • Protecting Active Military Personnel’s Right to Vote
    • Felon Voting
    • Candidate Eligibility
    • Closed Primary
    • Campaign Contributions
    • Electoral College
    • Unions
    • Texas Speaker of the House
    • Censuring a Republican Office Holder for Cause
    • Conflicts of Interest
    • Lobbying Limitation
    • Governor’s Veto
    • Filibuster
    • Consolidated Elections
    • Enforcing the Platform
  • HONORING THE SYMBOLS OF OUR AMERICAN AND TEXAN HERITAGE
    • Symbols of American and Texan Heritage
• STRENGTHENING FAMILIES, PROTECTING LIFE, AND PROMOTING HEALTH
  • CELEBRATING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
    • Family and Defense of Marriage
    • Overturning Obergefell v. Hodges
    • Protection for Religious Institutions
    • Family Values
    • Human Trafficking
    • Homosexuality
    • Counseling and Therapy
    • Pornography
    • Gender Identity
    • Right to Life
    • Roe v. Wade
    • Abolish Abortion
    • Funding
    • Planned Parenthood
    • Dismemberment Abortions
    • Abortion Legislation
    • Candidate Support
    • Alternatives to Abortion
    • Human Embryos
    • Fetal Tissue Harvesting and Stem Cell Research
    • Human Cloning
    • Patient Protection
  • Parental Rights and Responsibilities
    • United Nations Treaty on the Rights of the Child
    • Child Abuse Prevention
    • Adoption
  • ASSISTING FAMILIES TO SELF SUFFICIENCY
    • Welfare Reform
    • Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) Accountability
    • Social Security
    • Medicaid Reform
    • Gambling
    • Caring for our mentally disabled citizens
  • EMPOWERING FAMILIES TO DIRECT THEIR HEALTH CARE
    • Health Care
    • Parental Consent
    • The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”)
    • Health Care Choice
    • Medical Records and Informed Consent
    • Conscience Clause
• EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN
  • LOCAL CONTROL AND TRANSPARENCY OF CURRICULUM AND FUNDING
    • Local Control for Education
    • Basic Standards
    • Career and Technology Education
    • Funding
    • Permanent School Fund
    • Scientific Theories
    • Foreign Culture Charter Schools
    • National Core Curriculum
    • Textbook Approval and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
  • PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY
    • Responsibility of the State in Education
    • Parental Rights
    • Health Care
    • Sex Education
  • AMERICAN IDENTITY, PATRIOTISM
    • American Identity
    • Bilingual Education
    • Traditional Principles in Education
    • Special Treatment
  • HIGHER EDUCATION
    • College Tuition
    • Equal Access
    • Higher Education
    • Tenure
  • GOVERNANCE
    • Facility Utilization
    • Juvenile Daytime Curfew
    • Political Community Organizing
    • Religious Freedom in Public Schools
    • University Interscholastic League (UIL) Participation
    • State Board of Education (SBOE)
    • Supporting Military Families in Education
    • United States Department of Education-
    • Zero Tolerance-
  • SCHOOL CHOICE
    • School Choice
  • PROMOTING INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND PERSONAL SAFETY
    • Judeo-Christian Nation
    • Right to Keep and Bear Arms
    • Freedom of Assembly
    • Safeguarding Religious Liberties
    • Empowering Local Entities Concerning Religious Meetings
    • Freedom of Conscience
    • Electronic Privacy Internet Access
    • Texas Electric Grid
    • Smart Meters
    • Capital Punishment
    • Child Abuse
    • Unborn Victims of Violence
    • Sexual Assault
    • Property Search and Seizure without Due Process
    • Restricting Arrest Powers
    • Juries
    • Illicit Drugs
    • Compassionate Use Act
• STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMY
  • GOVERNMENT SPENDING
    • Government Spending
    • Spending Limitations
    • Two-Thirds Vote
    • Truth in Taxing
    • Bailouts and Subsidies
    • Permissible Uses of the Economic Stabilization Fund (Rainy Day Funds)
    • Improper Government Funding
    • Gambling Tax Revenues
    • Unnecessary Medical Procedures for Prisoners
  • GOVERNMENT BURDENS
    • Tax Burden
    • State Income Tax Ban
    • Real Estate Transaction Tax
    • Bond Elections
  • GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
    • Public Posting
    • Government Accountability
    • Government Authority
  • DOWNSIZING GOVERNMENT
    • Taxation by a Foreign Entity
    • Federal Reserve System
    • Sound Money
    • Export-Import Bank
    • Repeal Dodd-Frank
    • Community Reinvestment Act
    • Lending Institutions
    • Congressional Pay and Benefits
    • Special Funds
    • Management Districts
    • Restrictions by Government Agencies
    • Law Basis for Regulations
    • Telecommunications Investment
    • Frivolous Lawsuits
  • BUSINESS
    • Business Right to Choose
    • Right to Work
    • Minimum Wage Repeal
    • Prevailing Wage Law
    • Workers Compensation
    • Sarbanes-Oxley Legislation
    • Free Market for Utilities and Insurance
    • Small Business
    • Review of Licensing Boards
    • Rural and Volunteer Fire Departments
    • Hemp Cultivation
    • Raw Milk and Dairy Products
    • Direct Sales
    • Ride Sharing
  • TRANSPORTATION
    • Transportation and Fuel Taxes
    • Toll Roads
    • Toll Road Funding
    • Diversion of Property Taxes
  • ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
    • Removal of Government Barriers
    • Oil and Gas Producing Counties
    • Alternative Fuel
    • Ethanolfuel
    • Mineral Leasing and Development
    • Carbon Dioxide
    • Cap and Trade
    • Tidelands/Water Resources and Rights to State Waters
  • RETIREMENT
    • Equitable Disbursement
    • Promises Kept
• UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY, LEADERSHIP, CITIZENSHIP, AND FOREIGN POLICY
  • UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY
    • National Sovereignty
    • National Defense
    • Citizenship
    • United States Ports
    • United Nations
    • Internet Freedom
  • MILITARY
    • Support of our Armed Forces
    • All Volunteer Force
    • Women in Combat
    • Gender Norming in the Military
    • Defense
    • Arming the Military on Military Bases
    • Strategic Defense Initiative
    • Military Rules of Engagement
    • Returning Veterans
    • Veteran’s Administration
    • NASA
    • Toxic Exposure
  • FOREIGN POLICY
    • Foreign Policy
    • Foreign Aid
    • International Trade
    • International Organizations
    • Israel
    • Mexico
    • Taiwan
    • Benghazi
    • Council on American-Islamic Relations
    • Refugee Resettlement Program
    • Iran and North Korea
  • IMMIGRATION
    • Border Security Funding
    • Consequences of Noncompliance
    • Modernized Social Security Card
    • Border Wall
    • Turn Off the Magnet
    • Interstate Border Security Compact
    • Amnesty
    • Enforce Immigration Laws
• Legislative Priorities
  • Legislative Priorities
    • Legislative Priorities