Tom DeLay

Tom DeLay is a former House majority leader, the second-ranking leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. As majority leader, he was responsible for developing the issues and policies that formed the Republican agenda. When Mr. DeLay left Congress in 2006, he devoted himself to helping conservatives. He is the founder of First Principles LLC, a consulting firm that works with a range of political organizations in the fields of grass roots, new media, communications and issue advocacy.

Most Recent Articles by Tom DeLay:

In Obama’s speech, a conservative call to arms January 23, 2015
There can be no debate about it any more. Barack Obama has made it unmistakably clear he wants a fight. We should give him one.
Conservative rebels trouble GOP-controlled Congress January 9, 2015
Voters just demanded a bigger vision — repealing Obamacare, rolling back the immigration amnesty, balancing the budget, restoring the sensible welfare reforms
Gruber, Feinstein and the consequences of deceit December 11, 2014
If you truly wanted a symbol of how our elected leaders mislead us, it’s an easy choice: Go with the Gruber hearing over the Feinstein report.
Forget the race-baiting, let’s debate the real meaning of Ferguson December 5, 2014
Mr. President, let’s stop demonizing the police. Let’s have that task force, let’s have a real debate. We might just find that the problem doesn’t lie with the police or the community, but with your own world view.
No time for a GOP surrender: A call to arms November 20, 2014
Nobody ever won a battle by surrendering: Turn up the gas on the pressure cooker, and I guarantee it will be the other side that feels the heat
GOP must be rock steady to fight the spin November 14, 2014
Fighting the spin, conservatives should also take on the spin-meisters. Mainstream media are all too willing to parrot the left's positions, and it's time someone called them on it
After the wipeout comes the need for a Republican agenda November 6, 2014
A strong, consistent conservative agenda, dictated by the Republican majority in Capitol Hill, will set up an even better result: a bigger wave in 2016
Prediction: A very good Tuesday for the GOP October 30, 2014
If Mrs. Clinton does run, the 2016 Republican commercials will just write themselves.
Shoot the lame duck and focus on 2015 October 16, 2014
Defunding Mr. Obama’s executive orders, Power of the Purse, Reining in the out-of-control EPA regulators, Taking on the president’s out-of-control spending habits
Zeke Emanuel reveals the progressives’ death wish October 14, 2014
God values each human life more than his own. God wants us to live each day to the fullest in service to Him and to each other--even if we're past our 75th birthday.
A war president whose heart isn’t in it September 26, 2014
The war speech and the global warming speech show why it is more important than ever that Congress weigh in on this war, either right away or after the midterm elections. The president does not have the authority to order these airstrikes
Uncertain trumpet: An anti-war president goes to war September 19, 2014
The dangers at home and abroad will only increase until we have a leader who displays a level of commitment to the fight equal to the sacrifices he is asking our troops to make
A day to remember, a war to fight September 12, 2014
President Obama's speech Wednesday night showed he still doesn't get it, that after six years in office he still can't grasp what Mr. Bush understood six minutes
Obama’s schedule, rhetoric belie world realities September 6, 2014
While ISIS is beheading Americans and threatening the security of the Middle East, Mr. Obama is talking up socialist utopian dreams
Liberal failures and the real lessons of Ferguson August 29, 2014
We still don’t have all the facts about happened in Ferguson, but we can already draw one big lesson
Coming together is a primary challenge for Republicans this fall August 8, 2014
Our side is winning. We're getting under the opposition's skin, and they're losing their cool
Defending an ally and defending the Constitution July 31, 2014
Two outrages — one overseas and one right here in Washington — to deal with today, with our president on the wrong side of the issue in both cases
Failed policy the real reason Obama skipped a border trip July 12, 2014
This is what happens when you have tyranny sitting in the White House
From King George III to King Obama I July 4, 2014
If the Republicans in Congress can just hold on for three more months, and if the American voters give us the House and Senate majorities we need to dethrone King Obama
A president who’s getting what he wants — unfortunately June 30, 2014
Don’t be fooled — this is a president who knows exactly what he is doing, and we are all reaping the consequence