Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 10/1/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both in recess for the next two weeks. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Tuesday, and passed one bill under Suspension of the Rules. On Wednesday, the House passed a Rule governing consideration of H.R. 2203, the Homeland Security Improvement Act, H.R.…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 8/05/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both in recess, and will not return until September 9. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House was in recess last week. THIS WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House is in recess until September 9. LAST WEEK ON THE SENATE FLOOR: The Senate came back to work…

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Jenny Beth’s Journal: It’s Time to Bring Fiscal Sanity Back to Washington

Will the government ever stop spending money it does not have? This week, Senator Rand Paul tried to provide a solution to Washington’s spending addiction. Paul’s “Penny Plan” (which would implement a miniscule two cents on the dollar spending reduction and balance the budget in just five years) earned only 22 votes. Once again, Washington…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 3/18/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both in recess this week. They will both return on Monday, March 25. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House returned to work on Monday, and took up and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Tuesday, the House took up and passed three bills under…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 1/8/17

CALENDAR: The House will return on Monday, with no votes to be held before 6:30 PM. The House will stay in session through Thursday. The Senate will return on Monday, with the first vote set for 5:30 PM. The Senate will stay in session through Friday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: On Tuesday, the…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 12/11/16

CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both done, and the 114th Congress is in the history books. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR:  The House returned for action on Monday, and moved to take up 27 bills on the Suspension Calendar. On Tuesday, there were 21 bills on the Suspension Calendar. On Wednesday, there were…

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