Those who attended AFPF's Defending the Dream Summit last weekend in Washington had a sneak peak at this video outlining AFP-Kansas' accomplishments in 2009. Take a look!

Looking at what’s happening these days in Washington, D.C., can be somewhat discouraging. The big-government, big-tax, big-deficit, big-spending types have taken control. It seems like every day we hear of a new proposal that threatens the financial well-being of generations to come.

As Chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, I deal on a weekly and monthly basis with state and national unemployment figures. The national jobless rate of 9.7 percent is the highest since 1983, and the current economic environment has a more worrisome feel to it than the recession back then.

Seventy-five Democrats voted against de-funding ACORN, along with two Democrats who upheld the great Obama tradition of spinelessly voting “present.” Six Democrats and five Republicans did not vote.

Of those voting to keep ACORN on the taxpayers' bankroll, three were from Texas. Those three Texas traitors are: