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New York congressman rips into VA over veteran’s benefits denial
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) this week requested Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald issue an apology after his deputy undersecretary for field operations, Beth McCoy, in a House Committee on Veteran Affairs’ subcommittee hearing refused to acknowledge the military service of a veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury and was wrongfully denied Veterans Affairs benefits.…
Read MoreStudy: Obamacare premiums to skyrocket
A new report out this week says premiums on lower-cost “silver” Obamacare health-insurance plans will go up an average of 11 percent in 2017 – a steep increase amid a stagnant jobs market and staggering levels of national debt many financial analysts predict will become unmanageable in the near future. CBS News has the…
Read MoreSen. Perdue: The ‘merry-go-round’ of artificially low interest rates ‘is going [to] stop’
When interest rates on our debt suddenly balloon, our nation will be facing even greater economic difficulties unless Congress enacts a solution. Fortunately, there are members of Congress like freshman Senator David Perdue of Georgia who know the value of a dollar and how frivolously we as a nation are managing our books. The Daily Signal has…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots joins nearly 100 others in signing support letter for IRS free-speech legislation
Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin this week is among nearly 100 conservative leaders who have signed their names to a letter in support of legislation introduced by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) that would eliminate the IRS requirement that nonprofit charities in their annual tax filings – specifically, “Schedule B” – disclose their donors’ identities,…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots to Congress: Stop IRS’ free-speech violations!
Tea Party Patriots this week sent a letter to members of Congress asking they support Rep. Peter Roskam’s (R-Ill.) legislation, which would curb the power of the IRS to force nonprofit charities to disclose donor information “As the head of an organization that was itself targeted, and as the representative of hundreds of tea party…
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