Inspector general accuses Denver-based VA of ‘gross mismanagement’

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Federal investigators Wednesday accused those at a Denver, Colo.-based Veterans Affairs office of improperly overseeing construction of a VA hospital that ran over budget by millions of dollars. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has the details: The inspector general accused the VA of “gross mismanagement” for assigning far too few engineers and project managers. [Sloan Gibson,…

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House Judiciary Committee set to grill IRS commissioner over targeting scandal

IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is scheduled to be in the hot seat Wednesday during a 10 a.m. House Judiciary Committee meeting – the third in a series of hearings to probe the Obama appointee about his role in covering up the systematic agency targeting of Americans for their political beliefs. “Commissioner Koskinen will be the…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 9/18/16

CALENDAR: The House will return on Tuesday, with first votes scheduled for 6:30 PM. They are scheduled to stay in town through Friday, with no votes after 3 PM. The Senate will return on Monday, with the first vote scheduled for 5:30 PM on a motion to invoke cloture on a motion to proceed to…

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Impeach John Koskinen: Call and Tweet

A a significant number of House Republicans are trying to let the IRS get off scot-free after the ongoing and systematic targeting of conservative and tea party groups under the Obama administration. We need to melt the phone lines right now and tell them it’s time to hold the IRS accountable and impeach IRS Commissioner…Read More

Jenny Beth Martin: Stop President Obama’s internet giveaway

Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin in a recent column warns of the dangers of ceding oversight of U.S. internet to world powers that don’t respect free speech. The Washington Times has the commentary: The development and maintenance of the open internet has been one of the greatest boons to the enhancement of free…Read More

Tea Party Patriots Calls on the House to Impeach Koskinen Before Going on Vacation

Washington, DC – Tea Party Patriots CEO and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today reacting to news of a deal on Capitol Hill that would delay a vote on impeaching IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.  “It has been six years since the targeting started. We who were targeted never received due process during…

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