Trump budget director Mick Mulvaney prepping entitlement-reform options

Congressman-turned-Budget-Director Mick Mulvaney is confident his proposed changes to entitlement programs – e.g., social security and Medicare – will help the president achieve his campaign goal of cutting spending and reducing the national debt. The Washington Examiner has the details: “As soon as the 2018 spending budget is done at the end of next week.…

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Tea Party Patriots Congratulates Mick Mulvaney on his Confirmation as OMB Director

Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, congratulating Rep. Mick Mulvaney on his confirmation as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. “Tea Party Patriots and our network of supporters across the country congratulate Rep. Mick Mulvaney on his confirmation as the next Director…

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Weekly Report from Washington 03/30/20

CALENDAR:   The House and Senate are both in recess for the next several weeks. The House has not set a return date. The Senate has said it will come back on April 20. LAST WEEK ON THE SENATE FLOOR:   It took longer than Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted, and longer than he…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington 3/9/2020

CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both come back Monday and stay in session through Thursday.   LAST TWO WEEKS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Wednesday, February 26. They passed three bills under Suspension of the Rules, including H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which will, for the…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 1/27/20

CALENDAR: The House will come back Monday and stay in session through Thursday. The Senate will return on Monday and stay in session through Saturday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House was in recess last week. THIS WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House will come back on Monday, with the first votes…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 01/06/20

CALENDAR: The House will come back into session on Tuesday, and stay in session through Friday. The Senate will come back into session on Monday, and I’m not sure when they’ll go home – if an impeachment trial begins this week, presumably they would stay in session through Saturday. TWO WEEKS AGO ON THE HOUSE…

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