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Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 5/21/18
CALENDAR: The House and Senate both return to work on Monday, and will likely both finish their work on Thursday. Because, you know, still McConnell and Ryan. LAST TWO WEEKS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Monday, May 7, and since then has passed a number of bills of varying…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 5/7/18
CALENDAR: The House and Senate both return to work on Monday, and will likely both finish their work on Thursday. Because, you know, McConnell and Ryan. 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 first votes set for…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 4/23/18
CALENDAR: The House will return Tuesday, and stay in session through Friday. The Senate will return Monday, and stay in session through Thursday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work last Monday, and voted to pass two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Tuesday, the House passed H.R. 5192,…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 1/29/18
CALENDAR: The House will return Monday, and stay through Wednesday. Then House Republicans will go off to their annual retreat. The Senate will return Monday, and stay in session through Thursday. On Tuesday evening at 9 PM EDT, President Trump will deliver his first official State of the Union address. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 1/22/18
CALENDAR: The House was set to be on recess this week, but those plans have changed as a result of the ongoing temporary partial government shutdown. The Senate will Monday, and stay in session through Friday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work last Tuesday and passed…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Weekly Report from Washington for 1/15/18
CALENDAR: The House will return Tuesday, and stay in session through Friday. The Senate will also return Tuesday, and stay in session through Friday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back into session on Monday for a quorum call. On Tuesday, the House passed three bills under Suspension of the Rules. On…
Read MoreDear President Trump: We have high hopes for 2018 following a stellar 2017
Tea Party Patriots and our supporters would like to congratulate President Trump on a tremendous first year in office and we are grateful for all that we’ve accomplished together in 2017. As we move into 2018, we wanted to communicate a list of issues that are very important to the tea party movement and ensure that…
Read MoreConservative leaders: AT&T, Time Warner merger is a threat to free speech
The proposed AT&T merger with Time Warner has several conservatives concerned that their free speech could be hugely impacted within our news environment. Jenny Beth Martin pointed out that Democrats’ obstruction of nominees meant the merger was not properly vetted by President Trump’s appointees. Other conservatives voiced additional concerns and even liberal lawmakers have also…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Applaud President Trump’s Comprehensive Iran Strategy
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today after President Trump’s speech laying out his comprehensive Iran strategy. “Tea Party Patriots and our supporters across the country applaud President Trump’s comprehensive Iran strategy laid out in his speech today, and for bucking the DC Establishment and keeping his…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Applaud President Trump for Taking Action to Provide Relief From ObamaCare
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today, applauding President Trump for taking action to provide Americans relief from the burdens of ObamaCare. “Tea Party Patriots applauds President Trump for taking action to give American families relief from ObamaCare at a time when Senator McConnell and other so-called…
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