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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington 05/18/20
CALENDAR: The Senate will return Monday, May 18. The House will not be in session this week, but may come back on May 27 and 28, though I have no idea why. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back into session on Friday, May 15, to vote on two items…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington 04/27/20
CALENDAR: The House and Senate are scheduled to be in recess until May 4. Given that the District of Columbia is under a shutdown order until May 15, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see that May 4 date slip. SOCIAL SECURITY: Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare systems released…
Read MoreFederal lawmakers shouldn’t impose arbitrary minimum-wage standards
Minimum-wage standards have long been a polarizing topic in political debates, with conservatives and liberals often pigeonholed into their separate camps on the issue. But it’s more complicated than that. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are stumping for an arbitrary increase to the federal-minimum wage. More reasonable people, however, know that what works in one…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 2/12/17
CONGRESSIONAL CALENDAR The House will come back into session on Monday, with no votes scheduled before 6:30 PM. The house will stay in session through Friday, with no votes scheduled later than 3 PM. The Senate will return on Monday, with the first vote set for approximately 7 PM. The Senate will be in session…
Read MoreUtah Attorney General Sean Reyes: Confirm Jeff Sessions as our next U.S. attorney general
Sen. Jeff Sessions’ record is the gold standard for someone seeking the top law-enforcement job in the nation and deserves to be confirmed as our next U.S. attorney general, Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes says in a recent opinion column. The Daily Caller has the commentary: People who know Senator Sessions best—from working with him…
Read MoreWashington Free Beacon: More guns sold in 2016 than any other year
Guns are flying off shelves in 2016 like milk and bread during snowstorms, as FBI authorities conducted more gun-related background checks this year than any other in history, according to a National Criminal Background Check System report. The Washington Free Beacon has the scoop: So far this year, the FBI has processed 24,767,514 checks…
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