Republican resolutions

•Inheritance Tax

Permanently extend President George W. Bush's tax cuts and abolish the alternative minimum tax and the inheritance tax -- often called the "death tax."

•Lobbying

Prohibit members of the United States Congress from taking jobs as lobbyists for 10 years after leaving office.

•Reject citizenship for illegal immigrants' children

In accordance with the state platform, the resolution calls for ending automatic birthright citizenship by amending the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment to read, "All persons born to U.S. citizens or naturalized in the United States ... are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

•Congressional spending

End the practice of "earmarks" and require a recorded vote for any additions to a spending bill in Congress or the U.S. Senate.

•Food and Drug Administration

Support legislation to stop the FDA from censoring true claims about the curative or preventive effects of nutritional supplements. Disclaimers, but not censorship, would be allowed. The FDA should not prohibit the distribution of scientific publications about the role of nutrients in protecting against disease.

•Gun laws

Abolish all federal firearms laws enacted since 1968.

•Border security

The Texas Legislature and members of Congress, especially the Texas delegation, are encouraged to secure national borders, end the economic incentives for illegal immigration and reject any form of amnesty for illegal immigrants.

The resolution also calls for placing a moratorium on temporary worker and guest worker legislation until illegal immigration has been controlled.

In addition, the measure calls for defunding or repealing any government program or agreement such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, which the resolution states will lead to the creation of an openborders North American Union and eliminate American independence.

•Comprehensive immigrant worker program reforms

The resolution outlines nine reforms, including the elimination of taxpayer-funded benefits such as free medical care, food stamps and free education to illegal immigrants. It also calls for criminal sanctions, increasing in severity with each infraction, for illegal immigrants and recommends increased penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

Other proposals include halting the issuance of driver licenses to illegal immigrants, increasing the number of Border Control agents and withholding federal funding for jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with enforcement of federal immigration laws.

•Textbooks vs. laptops

The resolution states opposition to replacing textbooks with laptop computers in public school classrooms.

Replacing books with computers, the resolution states, would burden taxpayers, cause Texas to lose its considerable clout with textbook publishers and generate no academic improvement.

•County appraisal boards

Elect all members to appraisal districts' board of directors. Taxing entities currently appoint board members.

•Support for Boy Scouts

The resolution condemns efforts to force the Boy Scouts of America to admit openly homosexual scoutmasters, remove a statement of belief in God from the organization's pledge or admit girls into the Boy Scouts.

The resolution concludes, "The Republican Party of Texas recognizes the incalculable positive contributions that the Boy Scouts of America has made to the United States and honors them for the commitment to character building in young men."