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Report: Trump considering Ted Cruz for attorney general
President-elect Donald J. Trump is thinking about appointing his former primary challenger, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), to the position of U.S. attorney general, reports say. The Washington Times has the details: President-elect Donald Trump is considering former rival Sen. Ted Cruz for U.S. attorney general, according to reports. Mr. Trump met Tuesday with Mr. Cruz,…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots: Undoing House Earmark Ban “Show of Callous Cynicism and Hypocrisy”
Reacting to reports that Reps. John Culberson of Texas, Mike Rogers of Alabama and Tom Rooney of Florida are pushing a proposal to undo the House ban on earmarks, Tea Party Patriots Co-Founder Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement: “Any Member of Congress who votes to bring back old-school, back-room, pork-barrel spending through earmarks is…
Read MoreTea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 11/13/16
CALENDAR: The House will return on Monday, November 14, with votes postponed until 6:30 PM, and will stay in session through Thursday, with no votes scheduled later than 3 PM. The Senate will return on Tuesday, November 15, with the first vote set for 5:30 PM. They are scheduled to stay in session through Friday.…
Read MorePrager University: No, getting rid of the electoral college is not the answer
Donald Trump bested Hillary Clinton as far as the electoral college goes but appears to have lost the popular vote (a number of states are still counting ballots for a final tally) – something that has some questioning our system of government and wanting to do away with the electoral college altogether. Here’s why that’s…
Read MoreLegal expert thanks senators for ‘giving the American people a voice in filling the vacancy left by Justice Scalia’
Judicial Crisis Network Chief Counsel Carrie Severino today expressed her gratitude for those senators who refused to consider President Obama’s liberal Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in the hopes of confirming a nominee more suited to fill Justice Antonin’s Scalia’s vacant seat on the bench. The Washington Examiner has the story: The power to fill…
Read MoreBill Clinton denies calling Obamacare ‘the craziest thing’ but check out this video
Former President Bill Clinton – after he was questioned by an audience member at a recent event – apparently denied an earlier statement in which he said out-of-control Obamacare premiums and diminishing coverage for those working overtime are “the craziest” thing. “That is not at all what I said. No? Oh, really? Go read it,”…
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