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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…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 01/13/20
CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both return Monday. The House will stay in session through Thursday, but the Senate may stay in session later, depending on whether or not an impeachment trial begins. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the House passed a bill under Suspension…
Read MoreTea 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…
Read MoreBig Government Hurts the Homeless
Socialists claim the only way to lift people out of poverty is through federal government programs. In reality, big government often keeps people in poverty by preventing local groups from effectively responding to the situation on the ground. Matt Weidinger, Resident Fellow in Poverty Studies at AEI, reports on how the federal government is preventing…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 12/16/19
CALENDAR: The House will both back into session on Tuesday, and stay in session through Friday. The Senate will come back into session on Monday, and stay in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Monday, and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Scrap Rogue Obama-Era Agency
When it comes to big government and federal overreach, nothing stinks quite like Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s pet project: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB is a monster of constitutional violations, and the U.S. Supreme Court has finally taken notice. The Competitive Enterprise Institute explains: The CFPB was meant to protect American pocketbooks and property.…
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