In the midst of a Democratic nightmare, Senator Mary Landrieu’s race has been moved to a “toss-up” by Roll Call’s Stuart Rothenberg and she has resorted to calling her Republican colleagues “dictators” on the Senate floor. Following a speech by Republican Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) who raised concerns over whether it was appropriate to further [...]
Dear Interested Parties: The Republican State Central Committee of Louisiana recently received a letter from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor requesting records of our financial reports for the last three fiscal years. In the request, the Legislative Auditor cites an obscure three decade old law, which, to our knowledge, has never been enforced. We are concerned [...]
Last week, we learned that a group of Republican state representatives who call themselves “Fiscal Hawks” were planning to team up with the House Democratic Caucus to cut a deal and design a budget plan filled with $1.3 billion in tax increases. We made the decision to do all we could to stop the members of [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2013 Contact: Jason Doré 225-389-4495 LAGOP Statement on Report that House Abandons Democrat-Hawk Tax Increase We are pleased to report that the Louisiana House of Representatives seems to have abandoned its plan for a massive tax increase, as a majority of the Republican delegation was unwilling to support the plan. [...]
As the House Ways and Means Committee prepares to vote on a secret $500 million tax increase today, we wanted to point out the promises that several legislators made to their constituents regarding tax hikes when they ran for office. Our longtime friend, Rep. John Schroder, launched a public attack on the LAGOP on Facebook [...]