Archive for April 2016
Report: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to deport nearly 20,000 criminal illegal immigrants
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in 2015 declined to deport almost 20,000 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions – more than 200 of whom were convicted of murder; more than 900 of sex crimes and more than 12,000 of drunken driving, according to a government report. The Washington Examiner has the story: Overall, those released into…
Read MoreHealth-insurance prices expected to surge
Expect Obamacare health-insurance premiums to spike in the coming months as insurers like UnitedHealthcare exit the Obamacare marketplace. The Hill has the story: Many insurers have been losing money on the ObamaCare marketplaces, in part because they set their premiums too low when the plans started in 2014. The companies are now expected to seek…
Read MoreHouse Ways and Means Chairman: We plan to lay out ‘comprehensive blueprint on where we want the tax code to go’
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady during The Atlantic Summit Wednesday told Bloomberg View columnist Margaret Carlson that his committee is exploring numerous pro-growth tax plans to roll out by the close of 2016. The Daily Caller has the scoop: “What we expect to do is to lay out, later this summer, a…
Read MoreThis airline pilot just gave his military son the best homecoming surprise ever
Washington, D.C.-based airline pilot Mario Lopes grabbed the opportunity to pilot a military flight to Norfolk, Virginia April 14 – the same day his son, 1st Lt. Mario Lopes, was scheduled to arrive home from Kuwait – on the off-chance his son was aboard and the pilot could surprise the military officer. ABC News has…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Encourages Congress to Support the ‘Prevent IRS Abuse and Protect Free Speech Act’
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today in support of the ‘Preventing IRS Abuse and Protect Free Speech Act’ introduced by Congressman Roskam (R-IL). “The ‘Preventing IRS Abuse and Protect Free Speech Act’ introduced by Congressman Roskam (R-IL) is a good step in the right direction to…
Read MoreTax expert: President Obama’s IRS commissioner awarded disgraced IRS exec Lois Lerner thousands in bonuses
Tax expert Robert W. Wood writing for Forbes says disgraced former high-level IRS executive Lois Lerner received thousands of dollars in bonuses in addition to her salary and that the bonuses began thanks to President Obama’s IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who repeatedly has stonewalled congressional investigation into agency targeting of Americans for their political beliefs.…
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