American Made Coalition members would be ‘disappointed if Washington squanders once-in-a-generation opportunity by abandoning real reform’

A group of large U.S. companies urged the Senate Finance Committee to push comprehensive tax reform this year instead of enacting a temporary rate cut or other half-measures that fail to fix the broken pieces in our tax reform. The Washington Times has the details: At the same time, a group of large U.S. companies…

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Trump administration announces ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’ to overhaul tax code

The White House Wednesday unveiled long-anticipated plans for an overhaul of our tax system that would simplify the tax code and cuts rates for people and businesses. The Washington Times has the story: “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do something really big,” said Gary Cohn, director of the president’s National Economic Council, who presented the plan to reporters…

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DHS overwhelmed, can’t keep up with workload: inspector-general report

Immigration officers are juggling a ballooning number of deportation cases but don’t have the manpower to tackle the cases in a timely manner – a deficiency that could be leaving sensitive, national-security cases on unresolved. The Washington Times has the details: The problem is so bad that officers may even be losing track of critical…

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Tea Party Patriots Congratulates Sen. Sessions on his Confirmation as U.S. Attorney General

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Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement congratulating Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on his confirmation as U.S. Attorney General. “Tea Party Patriots and our network of grassroots activists congratulate our friend Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on his confirmation as U.S. Attorney General. Our organization has worked…

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Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes: Confirm Jeff Sessions as our next U.S. attorney general

Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record is the gold standard for someone seeking the top law-enforcement job in the nation and deserves to be confirmed as our next U.S. attorney general, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes says in a recent opinion column. The Daily Caller has the commentary: People who know Senator Sessions best—from working with him…

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Louisiana attorney general: ‘Thrilled’ by prospect of working with Sessions to enforce immigration laws

Republican Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry in a recent opinion piece expressed his enthusiasm at the possibility of working with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) – if and when he is confirmed as our next U.S. attorney general – to administer federal immigration law. The Hayride has the commentary: As Louisiana’s chief legal officer, I am…

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