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House passes bill preserving free speech thanks to patriots like you!
The House this week passed legislation, introduced by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), titled the “Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act,” that – if enacted – will rein in the out-of-control bureaucrats at the IRS who have used their power to target Americans whose ideologies differ from those held by the Obama administration. “In…
Read MoreJenny Beth Martin: ‘I do not want, five years from now, to have my now-13-year-old daughter tell me she has just been drafted against her will’
Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin in her latest column lays out the real purpose behind the clause in the National Defense Authorization Act, passed this week by the Senate, that mandates 18-year-old women register for selective service in the event of a draft – and it has nothing to do with being more…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots joins nearly 100 others in signing support letter for IRS free-speech legislation
Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin this week is among nearly 100 conservative leaders who have signed their names to a letter in support of legislation introduced by Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) that would eliminate the IRS requirement that nonprofit charities in their annual tax filings – specifically, “Schedule B” – disclose their donors’ identities,…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots to Congress: Stop IRS’ free-speech violations!
Tea Party Patriots this week sent a letter to members of Congress asking they support Rep. Peter Roskam’s (R-Ill.) legislation, which would curb the power of the IRS to force nonprofit charities to disclose donor information “As the head of an organization that was itself targeted, and as the representative of hundreds of tea party…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots: House passage of the ‘Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act’ is a huge win for the First Amendment
ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO and co-founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today after the House voted to pass HR 5053, the ‘Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act’ introduced by Congressman Roskam (R-IL). “Today, the U.S. House of Representatives took a huge step toward preventing future abuses from an…
Read MoreColumnist responds to President Obama’s ‘cult of small government’ comment
Columnist Robert Knight, senior fellow for the American Civil Rights Union, in a recent opinion piece pushes back against a comment President Obama recently made criticizing those comprising “the cult of small government” – in other words, the many Americans that rightly believe in checks and balances and the separation of powers prescribed in our…
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