Tea Party Patriots Claim Victory as another Big-Government Senator Leaves Today, Tea Party Patriots, the nation’s largest tea party organization, claimed victory after reports that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) will not seek re-election in 2014. As Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Baucus was one of the key authors of President Obama’s health care,…

On Tuesday, April 16, Tea Party Patriots is urging all of our members to join activists across the nation protesting the back-room deals that are voted on before anyone can read them. Here are some basic details of the grassroots protests to be aware of. We urge you to join your fellow patriots as they…

On Tuesday, President Obama called for tax hikes to replace some of sequestration’s spending reductions. Today, Senate Democrats are taking that call one step further, and are planning on $60 billion in tax hikes in 2013: CBS News has learned that the Senate Democrats’ long-awaited plan to avert the sequester, which leaders will present to…

Governments in Chicago, San Bernardino, CA, and Suffolk County, NY plan to use eminent domain powers to provide mortgage relief. Created by Mortgage Resolution Partners, the plan being considered would allow local government to seize mortgages on homes of underwater borrowers using eminent domain laws. The bank holding the mortgage would then receive current fair…

For decades, Americans have been asking Congress to deal with Social Security in an honest, forthright manner. Unfortunately, last week 28 Senate Democrats signed a letter that does the complete opposite.   What did this letter consist of? The Hill reports that the signers do not want Social Security cuts of any kind – whether…

Retiring Congressman Norm Dicks is sponsoring a bill to annex over 100,000 acres of land into the Olympic National Forest while Senator Murray is following suite. Norm Dicks (Wa. D) and Patty Murray (Wa. D) toured a Shelton Shell Fish Facility with several County officials last month promoting their latest draft of Wild Olympics Wilderness…

With home prices falling and mortgage borrowers defaulting, four lawmakers are calling for more options to help underwater homeowners. Currently, the Principal Reduction Alternative and FHA Short Refinance offer principal reductions to homeowners that owe more than their home is worth, but are not available for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages. Sen Robert Menendez…

Last week, Tea Party Patriots hammered the 329 Members of the House of Representatives who voted for the Continuing Resolution (CR) that fully funds the President’s health care law for six months. Standing for principle, however, 91 Representatives voted against the CR. These Members, whose offices Tea Party Patriots national coordinator Jenny Beth personally dropped letters…

Last Friday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) announced that the House of Representatives will be on what is formally known as a “district work period,” or congressional recess until November 13, 2012. This means the House will go from being out for five weeks in August and part of September to being in Washington…

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is the Chair of the Republican Study Committee (RSC). With nearly three-quarters of the House Republican Caucus joining its membership after the 2010 elections, the RSC has gone from being a thorn in the side of Republican leadership to being a major player in moving the party to the right. And…