The Internal Revenue Service scandal involving the apparently unjustified targeting of Tea Party and other conservative groups has also hit home with the Hispanic community. George Rodriguez, former president of the San Antonio Tea Party, said that when the organization applied for non-profit status, leaders were intimidated by IRS workers with excessive paperwork and meddling… Read More

When President Obama told students in Mexico that without the support of U.S. Latinos he would not be president, he wasn’t talking about the GOP’s Ruben Barrales. But Barrales gets the message. He is the son of immigrants, and San Mateo County’s first Latino supervisor. Mexico gave him its Ohtli medal, for his work on… Read More

WASHINGTON – Declaración del Presidente del RNC Reince Priebus sobre el informe de empleos del mes de abril: “El informe de empleos de hoy trae buenas noticias para unos pocos afortunados que encontraron empleo –pero no trae suficiente esperanza para los millones de estadounidenses que todavía necesitan trabajo”, dijo el Presidente Priebus. “Los jóvenes han… Read More

The small business sector of the United States currently employs 60 million Americans full of entrepreneurial spirit, invaluable experiences and encouraging solutions for the expansion and growth of our economy.  Small businesses are the engine of our nation’s economic prosperity. They employ about half of all private sector employees, and they create nearly two-thirds of… Read More

Sometimes I cannot help but wonder out loud, just precisely what were they thinking. I am talking about last week’s almost comical, if it was not so painful, air traffic controller furloughs at the FAA, which created more than 1,000 flight delays. The purposeful if mindless furloughs were designed to create so much havoc that… Read More