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Court may issue injunction against Obama Administration
Last year, the Obama Administration enacted a DREAM Act of sorts. This week, a judge indicated the Administration erred in doing so. From Businessweek:
Announced by Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano last year, the directive gives agents the ability to defer action on people unlawfully in the U.S. if they came to the country under the age of 16, are in school or have obtained a high school diploma, haven’t been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor or multiple misdemeanors, and aren’t a threat to public safety or national security.
“The court finds that DHS does not have discretion to refuse to initiate removal ...
DHS rescinds DAPA policy that would have shielded illegal-immigrant parents whose children are lawful residents
The Department of Homeland Security this week rescinded DAPA, an Obama-era immigration policy that – if it weren’t in limbo per a Supreme Court stay on a lower-court injunction – would have authorized three-year work permits for the illegal-immigrant parents of children who are lawful U.S. residents.
The Washington Examiner has the details:
DHS Secretary John Kelly signed a memo on Thursday directing his employees not to carry out an instruction his predecessor, Jeh Johnson, had put in writing in November 2014 that sought to extend a 2012 program aimed at the illegal immigrant community.
Kelly made the decision to revoke the policy ...
Many rally around House, Senate Republicans in wake of violent attack during congressional baseball practice
Dozens of leaders have taken to Twitter to condemn the shooting that left numerous members of Congress and Capitol Hill police injured Wednesday after a sniper opened fire on a Republican congressional baseball practice in the Del Rey neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, right outside D.C.
Here’s what people are saying:
https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/874981682952142848
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/874973978091302912
https://twitter.com/TimAlberta/status/874987034573774848
https://twitter.com/SteveForbesCEO/status/874990222454513664
https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/875012542023782400
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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 6/04/17
CALENDAR:
The House will return on Tuesday, with the first votes scheduled for 6:30 PM. The House will stay in session through Friday, with the last vote scheduled to be no later than 3 PM.
The Senate will return on Monday, with the first vote set for 5:30. The Senate is also scheduled to stay in session through Friday.
TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE HOUSE FLOOR:
Two weeks ago, on Monday, May 22, the House took up and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules – H.R. 1862, the Global Child Protection Act of 2017, and H.R. 1842, the Strengthening Children’s Safety Act of 2017.
On Tuesday, May 23, the House took up and passed H.R. 2288, ...
Republicans are pushing back against liberals intent on stifling free speech
The fuel and spirit to fight on the right is coming from many corners following the liberal attack to silence Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
After the news broke that a couple of Hannity’s advertisers were pulling their content from Hannity’s show, Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin sprang into action, asking thousands of members to call both Cars.com and USAA.
PoliZette has the commentary:
"A new attack on our First Amendment rights is happening right now, and we must engage!" she wrote. "The far Left has lost its mind in the wake of President Donald Trump's historic victory, and they are lashing out in an attempt to undermine his ...
Jenny Beth’s Journal: America deserves to know why former President Obama’s IRS officials targeted tea-party groups
The former IRS officials at the center of the scandal that targeted Americans for their political beliefs are arguing, ahead of a Friday hearing in a federal class-action lawsuit brought against the agency, that their testimony be sealed out of fear their lives could be threatened if the testimony is made public – something the women should have considered before deciding to unfairly target Americans, Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin says in a recent column.
The Hill has the commentary:
Let me say this clearly — threats like that are not acceptable. Law enforcement authorities should do all they can to keep Lerner and Paz safe, ...
Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 5/07/17
CALENDAR:
The House is in recess and will return on Tuesday, May 16.
The Senate will return on Monday, with the first vote scheduled for 5:30 PM. The Senate will stay in session through Friday.
LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR:
The House returned on Monday, and took up and passed three bills under Suspension of the Rules.
On Tuesday, the House took up another bill under Suspension, and then took up H.R. 1180, the Working Families Flexibility Act. The bill passed by a vote of 229-197. The bill would allow employers to offer employees paid time off in lieu of wage compensation for overtime hours worked by employees in the private ...
Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 4/30/17
CALENDAR:
The House will return on Monday, with no votes scheduled before 6:30, and will stay in session through Thursday, with the last vote scheduled no later than 3 PM.
The Senate will return on Monday, and will stay in session through Friday.
LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR:
The House returned on Tuesday and took up and passed two bills on the Suspension Calendar.
On Wednesday, the House took up and passed the rule for H.R. 1695, the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act. Later that day the House took up and passed the bill, by a vote of 378-48. The bill changes the process for choosing the head of the U.S. ...