Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 5/01/16

CALENDAR: The House and Senate have both gone into recess. The Senate will return on Monday, May 9, while the House will return on Tuesday, May 10. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House returned last Monday, and immediately went to work on 19 bills on the Suspension Calendar. On Wednesday, the House took…

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Report: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to deport nearly 20,000 criminal illegal immigrants

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in 2015 declined to deport almost 20,000 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions – more than 200 of whom were convicted of murder; more than 900 of sex crimes and more than 12,000 of drunken driving, according to a government report. The Washington Examiner has the story: Overall, those released into…

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Health-insurance prices expected to surge

Expect Obamacare health-insurance premiums to spike in the coming months as insurers like UnitedHealthcare exit the Obamacare marketplace. The Hill has the story: Many insurers have been losing money on the ObamaCare marketplaces, in part because they set their premiums too low when the plans started in 2014. The companies are now expected to seek…

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This airline pilot just gave his military son the best homecoming surprise ever

Washington, D.C.-based airline pilot Mario Lopes grabbed the opportunity to pilot a military flight to Norfolk, Virginia April 14 – the same day his son, 1st Lt. Mario Lopes, was scheduled to arrive home from Kuwait – on the off-chance his son was aboard and the pilot could surprise the military officer. ABC News has…

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Tea Party Patriots Encourages Congress to Support the ‘Prevent IRS Abuse and Protect Free Speech Act’

ATLANTA, Ga – Tea Party Patriots CEO Jenny Beth Martin released the following statement today in support of the ‘Preventing IRS Abuse and Protect Free Speech Act’ introduced by Congressman Roskam (R-IL). “The ‘Preventing IRS Abuse and Protect Free Speech Act’ introduced by Congressman Roskam (R-IL) is a good step in the right direction to…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 4/24/1

  CALENDAR: The House will come back into session on Tuesday, and stay in session through Friday. The Senate will come back into session on Monday, and stay in session through Friday. LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back into session last Monday and took up 15 bills on the Suspension Calendar.…

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