teacher layoffs

Texas' Republican-dominated legislature cut over $5 billion from funding that should have gone to our schools. The stories about teacher layoffs and schools closures you're seeing on your local news are the direct result. Go to www.txdemocrats.org to see how you can help.

On behalf of Texas, we're sorry for George W. Bush. And we're especially sorry for what's coming next....Rick Perry.

The next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. - Molly Ivins

Rick Perry continues to invent his own narrative about his record as Governor. It's a story that puts him on a collision course with the truth. The Texas Democratic Party is here to set the record straight on Perry's catastrophic tenure as governor.