Impeach John Koskinen: Call and Tweet

A a significant number of House Republicans are trying to let the IRS get off scot-free after the ongoing and systematic targeting of conservative and tea party groups under the Obama administration. We need to melt the phone lines right now and tell them it’s time to hold the IRS accountable and impeach IRS Commissioner…Read More

Senators push bill to exempt those in counties with one or fewer exchange options

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A number of senators Wednesday proposed legislation that would give relief to Americans who live in counties where Obamacare has collapsed and have limited or no options to purchase insurance under the law’s controversial individual mandate. The Daily Caller has the scoop: A group of GOP senators introduced legislation Wednesday to prevent individuals from being…Read More

As Obamacare co-ops crumble, residents in five states have no choice in their Obamacare exchange

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Lawmakers nationwide gave speeches touting the Obamacare exchanges, saying the exchanges will create “competition” (though how this works when the exchanges are all hewn from the same rock and under the auspices of Obamacare apparently never occurred to these legislators) and thereby drive down health-insurance prices. They couldn’t have more wrong as the exchanges are…

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Washington Examiner: 1,800 illegal-immigration cases per judge after case backlog surges above 500,000

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There are a whopping 500,000 pending illegal-immigration cases that, divided between the 273 Justice Department immigration lawyers, amount to more than 1,800 cases per judge. The Washington Examiner has the details: The number has surged even as the administration has added a handful more judges. The current ratio is 1,819 cases per judge… But the…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 7/10/16

CALENDAR: The House will return on Monday, July 11, with the first vote scheduled for 6:30 PM. The House will stay in session until Friday, with no votes later than 3:30 PM. And then begins the Summer Recess, which will last for seven glorious weeks, until Tuesday, September 6. The Senate will return on Monday,…

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Tea Party Patriots Weekly Report from Washington for 6/24/16

CALENDAR: The House is in recess for the Fourth of July break, and will not return until Tuesday, July 5. The Senate will be back at work on Monday, June 27. LAST TWO WEEKS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back into session on Monday, June 13. They took up seven bills on the…

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