Obamacare Repeal: Understanding the Graham-Cassidy Bill

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The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Republicans can only repeal ObamaCare with a 51-vote majority until September 30. After that, the reconciliation vehicle that allows them to avoid a Democrat filibuster will expire. Consequently, some Republican Senators – led by Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy – are pushing very hard for one last vote. Yesterday,…Read More

Conservative groups to media: Stop citing Southern Poverty Law Center and its ‘hate map’

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Conservative groups, including Tea Party Patriots, signed an open letter asking media outlets to stop using Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) data and its ‘hate map’ in reporting. Acting as an “attack dog of the political left,” the SPLC map depicts several mainstream conservative groups alongside actual hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis. This…

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Virginia Attorney General GOTV Training

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Please join Tea Party Patriots in a GOTV Saturday to work to elect strong conservatives that stand for our core values: personal freedom, economic freedom, and a debt-free future. We will be working on phone banking and hand addressing postcards to Virginia residents. SELECT AN EVENT NEAR YOUHampton, VA October 7, 2017 Courtyard Marriott 9:30pm -…Read More

New audit: $37 million in benefit payments sent to deceased veterans

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A recent audit found the Social Security Administration made $37 million of retirement and disability payments to roughly 750 veterans who were already dead, resulting in millions of taxpayer dollars going to waste. The Inspector General for the agency said, in most instances, the Department of Veteran Affairs failed to send death information to the…

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