Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 6/24/16

CALENDAR: The House is in recess for the Fourth of July break, and will not return until Tuesday, July 5. The Senate will be back at work on Monday, June 27. LAST TWO WEEKS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back into session on Monday, June 13. They took up seven bills on the…

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Taxes, Spending, and Tax Credits Out of Control under Kurt Schaefer

RAISING OUR TAXES, PUSHING MEDICAID EXPANSION, AND SUPPORTING WASTEFUL SPENDING While Kurt Schaefer has been in the State Senate, state spending has ballooned by nearly $3.6 billion dollars. Several of the budgets passed under his watch, were actually higher than what the Democrat governor requested. He Supported Medicaid Expansion in Missouri - Just like Obama…Read More

Jenny Beth Martin: ‘I can attest to the devastating impact of the [IRS] targeting scandal’

Members of the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday vote on whether to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who is under scrutiny for stonewalling congressional investigation into the agency scandal targeting Americans for their political beliefs; it’s a decision Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin says is a no-brainer: Vote to impeach Commissioner Koskinen! Fox News…

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Bill of Rights Week: Impeach IRS Commissioner Koskinen

Back to the Bill of Rights Week Why It's Time to Impeach John Koskinen It's day two of Bill of Rights Week and we want you to know why it's important that IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is finally impeached. Please click the image below to sign the petition and then read the email from Tea Party…Read More

New York congressman rips into VA over veteran’s benefits denial

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Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) this week requested Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald issue an apology after his deputy undersecretary for field operations, Beth McCoy, in a House Committee on Veteran Affairs’ subcommittee hearing refused to acknowledge the military service of a veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury and was wrongfully denied Veterans Affairs benefits.…

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Study: Obamacare premiums to skyrocket

  A new report out this week says premiums on lower-cost “silver” Obamacare health-insurance plans will go up an average of 11 percent in 2017 – a steep increase amid a stagnant jobs market and staggering levels of national debt many financial analysts predict will become unmanageable in the near future. CBS News has the…

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