Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 5/21/17

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CALENDAR: The House will return on Monday, with the first votes scheduled for 6:30 PM. The House will stay in session through Thursday, with the last vote scheduled to be no later than 3 PM. And then they’ll be gone for the Memorial Day recess, and won’t return until Tuesday, June 6. The Senate will…

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Former Senate Budget Committee Chairman: ‘It is still possible to stabilize our debt … so long as we fix our fiscal policy’

Former New Hampshire Governor and former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg in a recent column notes our national debt keeps ticking up, more than doubling from $8 trillion 10 years ago to now more than $18 trillion, and the number will continue to climb with disastrous effect unless our political leaders take decisive action and start…

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Thank Those Who Stood for Principles and Voted Against Fiscal Cliff Bill

So it’s official – the House and Senate passed a fiscal cliff deal that raises taxes, kicks the can down the road on spending reductions, and shows that Congress just isn’t serious about stopping overspending. In the midst of this, however, five Senators and 151 Representatives opposed the legislation because of its tax increases and…

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