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Justice Gorsuch finishing his first term on Supreme Court gives preview of how the nine-justice court will develop
After two months of serving on the court, Justice Neil Gorsuch is already proving himself to be the type of jurist the Supreme Court needs and the one that was promised by President Donald J. Trump. The Washington Examiner has the full story: Leah Litman, a University of California, Irvine law professor and former law…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Signals Support for Cruz-Lee Amendment to Senate Health Care Bill
Atlanta, GA – Tea Party Patriots President and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today regarding the amendment to the Senate health care bill offered by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT). “Tea Party Patriots and our nationwide network of grassroots supporters have been encouraging Senate Republicans to keep their promises…
Read MoreCBO report: The nation’s spending remains a problem that won’t be resolved any time soon
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office raised its federal deficit projection by $134 billion, to $693 billion for fiscal year 2017, and further projected that over the next ten years, the federal government will add another $10 trillion to the national debt. The Hill reports: With the total gross debt set to surpass $20 trillion…
Read MoreICYMI: House passes Kate’s Law, a bill that would ‘crack down on illegal immigrants and the cities that shelter them’
Yesterday, the House passed legislation that would deny federal grants to sanctuary cities and increase the penalties for deported immigrants who try to return to the U.S. The bill was named after Kate Steinle, a woman murdered two years ago in ‘sanctuary city’ San Francisco by an illegal immigrant who went through multiple deportations. Fox…
Read MoreSecond Amendment expert: Cultural ‘divide’ over guns ‘created by media … hostile to gun ownership’
A recent Pew survey found that – although fifty-two percent of adults favor stricter gun-control laws – that statistic doesn’t necessarily ring true at the ballot box, says Second Amendment expert Alan Gottlieb. The Washington Times has the details: In addition to the political implications tied to the issue, the Pew survey also revealed deep…
Read MoreConservatives Slam Governor Christie For Threatening Government Shutdown
Joint statement by Jenny Beth Martin, President & Co-Founder of Tea Party Patriots, Colin Hanna, President of Let Freedom Ring USA, Inc., and Rick Manning, President of Americans for Limited Government, in response to Governor Christie’s government shutdown threat “Governor Christie’s healthcare cash grab is a political vendetta. Now he’s threatening to shut down the government,…
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