Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 8/12/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both in recess, and will not return until September 9. BORDER SECURITY/IMMIGRATION: Just a few hours ago, the Trump Administration released the final version of a rule that will make it easier for the government to ensure that immigrants seeking to enter and stay in the United States, either…

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Patriots Spotlight: Grannie on a Mission

Carol Davis was raised in a conservative home but veered politically left for a while. She was working her part-time job bartending at a local bowling alley in Chicago when she heard Rick Santelli make his rant in 2009. As a divorced mom who worked two jobs for over 40 years to make ends meet, his…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 3/25/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate both return today, Monday, March 25.   LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House was in recess last week.   THIS WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House will return Monday, with the first vote set for 6:30 PM. At that time, the House is scheduled to take up…

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Tax Reform Coalition

The Tax Reform Coalition was formed because America needs tax reform, now. Our tax code is cumbersome, confusing, and costs more than $400 billion per year just for our citizens to comply. The more than 75,000-page monstrosity strangles businesses with red tape and shackles middle-class Americans with more and more of the burden of the…Read More

‘Sanctuary cities’ should not be rewarded for disobeying the law

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke out against the ‘sanctuary cities’ that protect illegal immigrants and interfere with the efforts to reduce crime. Sessions pointed out that these cities “undermine the moral authority of the law.” He spoke to law enforcement in the ‘sanctuary city’ of Portland, OR and asked them to reconsider cooperating with federal…

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Dallas Business Journal: Open Skies proponents blame American, Delta, United for ‘misleading’ job loss claims

The United States’ Open Skies agreements create and support more than 16.6 million U.S. jobs in the manufacturing, airline, tourism and hospitality industries, as well as in local economies near airports, according to a fact sheet released today by the U.S. Airlines for Open Skies Coalition. The coalition also addresses what the group calls “disingenuous and…

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