Yesterday, while Tea Party activists made their stand against the IRS, the amnesty bill finished its journey through the Senate Judiciary Committee. It now heads to the Senate floor. According to The Hill, the bill has some good things in it: It would allocate billions of dollars to securing the Southwestern border and tracking visas…

Right on: Yesterday, all across the country, Tea Party activists stood against the tyranny of the IRS. While Jenny Beth Martin was in D.C., at the IRS’ headquarters, local IRS offices were faced with similarly righteous anger. Here are just a few of the places protests took place: Boston, MA, Cleveland, OH, Cincinnati, OH, Winston-Salem,…

It has long been the policy of Tea Party Patriots, at the advice and consent of Local Coordinators and State Coordinators across the nation, to oppose any and all debt ceiling increases. However, many of our allies and supposed allies in Congress may already be folding on the issue, months ahead of reaching the next…

Today, Tea Party Patriots (TPP), the nation’s largest tea party organization, criticized Lois Lerner, who oversees tax-exempt groups at the IRS, who invoked the Fifth Amendment in order to avoid questioning by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. “While we respect Ms. Lerner’s use of the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, we are disturbed she saw…

Reports are pouring in from all over the country of our successful ‘Rein in the IRS’ Rallies across the country.  More than 100 protests were organized across the country today.  And Rush Limbaugh was right – this was huge. We have gotten reports of crowds reaching several hundreds of people – fed up the the…

Kevin Glass of Townhall.com has this story of how following the law can still land you in trouble with Congress: A bipartisan Congressional panel yesterday released its findings regarding Apple’s international tax regime and, specifically, how it was able to pay a relatively low tax rate when the U.S. corporate statutory tax rate is 35%…

To the average American, the IRS scandal gives extra juice to the argument for tax reform. In Washington, though, it appears to give politicians another distraction from it: The unfolding scandal over the agency improperly targeting conservative groups is forcing the chief tax writers in Congress to shift attention away from the comprehensive tax code…

The U.S. apparently has more oil potential than previously thought. From the BBC: The IEA said it expected the US to overtake Russia as the world’s biggest gas producer by 2015 and to become “all but self-sufficient” in its energy needs by about 2035. The rise in US production means the world’s reliance on oil…

Since the financial crash of 2008, both parties have tried to claim they are the party who can prevent the next crash. For example, there has been a lot of talk among Republicans about getting the federal government at least partially out of the housing business. Naturally, all of this talk has led to nothing…

One could be a fluke. Two is a pattern.  This time, it’s the fan favorite, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): The Environmental Protection Agency often refuses to waive fees for Freedom of Information Act requests from conservative groups, while almost always waiving them for environmental groups. That’s according to an analysis of a year’s worth…