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Scott Walker: I Will Run as a Conservative (Newsmax – Joel Himelfarb)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Monday that Republicans do not need to moderate their views to win voter support and that he will run as a conservative if he decides to seek the Republican Party presidential nomination... Continue here.
“Morning Joe” co-host goes after Ted Cruz, Tea Partiers
“Morning Joe” is one of the smallest morning shows in America, but its influence in the Beltway is disproportionate to the number of viewers in real America. This is what makes Mika Brzezinski’s statements this morning on Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) patriotism – as well as those of Tea Partiers – totally expected, but no less unacceptable.
The segment of the show focused around the “shutdown” and the effort to defund Obamacare:
“It shows how much they hate him [Obama] and don’t love the country, and that’s what’s scary about this.”
And later, after being challenged by Joe Scarborough:
“Are you saying they do?” ...
President Trump’s labor nominee clears latest confirmation hurdle
President Donald J. Trump's labor-secretary nominee Alexander Acosta made it over the latest hurdle in his confirmation battle and will likely face an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor later this week.
The Washington Free Beacon has the story:
The Senate voted 61-39 to advance Acosta to a vote expected for Friday. Acosta was confirmed easily to three prior positions in the federal government, including a brief stint at the National Labor Relations Board. His nomination for labor secretary has garnered more opposition from Democrats, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) pledged to block President Donald Trump's cabinet appoint...
Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 4/9/17
CALENDAR:
Congress will break for two weeks for the Easter Recess. The Senate will be back in session on Monday, April 24, and the House will be back in session on Tuesday, April 25.
LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR:
The House came back into session on Monday evening, and took up and passed H.Res. 92 and H.R. 479 under Suspension of the Rules. H.Res. 92 condemns North Korea’s development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and H.R. 479 designates North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism.
On Tuesday, the House took up and passed the rule for consideration of H.R. 1343, the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017, and ...
Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 4/2/17
CALENDAR:
The House will return Monday, with no votes scheduled before 6:30 PM. The House will stay in session through Thursday.
The Senate will return Monday, with the first vote set to take place at 5:30 PM. The Senate is set to stay in session through Friday.
And then Congress will break for two weeks for the Easter Recess. The Senate will be back in session on Monday, April 24, and the House will be back in session on Tuesday, April 25.
LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR:
The House came back into session last Monday evening and proceeded to take up and pass two bills on the Suspension Calendar.
On Tuesday, the House took up and ...
Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 3/05/17
CALENDAR:
The House will return Tuesday, with no votes scheduled before 6:30 PM, and will be done for the week on Friday, with no votes scheduled later than 3 PM.
The Senate will return Monday, with the first vote set to take place at approximately 6 PM. The Senate is set to stay in session through Friday.
LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR:
The House came back into session on Monday evening and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules.
On Tuesday, the House took up H.R. 998, the SCRUB Act. After dealing with four amendments on Tuesday, the House came back in on Wednesday and took up where they left off. There were four more ...
Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 2/19/17
CONGRESSIONAL CALENDAR:
The House and Senate are both out of session for the Presidents Day Recess, and they won’t be back until Monday, February 27. That means they’ll be in their districts and states next week, at local events and townhall meetings.
LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR:
On Monday evening, the House came back into session and passed both H.R. 244, the HIRE Vets Act, and H.R. 974, the BRAVE Act, under Suspension of the Rules.
On Tuesday, the House took up and passed H.R. 428, the Red River Gradient Boundary Act. The bill would commission a survey of the gradient boundary along the Red River in TX and OK.
On Wednesday, ...