Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 7/29/19

CALENDAR: The Senate will return on Monday, and will stay in session until Thursday. At that point, the Senate will join the House in an extended district work period. Neither chamber will return until September 9.   LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Tuesday and took up three…

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Bernie Sanders Can’t Promise A $15 Minimum Wage Increase Without Cutting Hours and Jobs

Bernie Sanders announced he’s cutting his staffers’ hours so they can “effectively” be paid the $15-minimum wage he’s been promising for the rest of the country if elected president. It just comes to show how not only hypocritical he is but also his championed policy doesn’t even work for his own staff. Fox News has…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 7/22/19

CALENDAR: The Senate will return on Monday, and the House will return on Tuesday. The Senate will stay in session through Thursday, but the House is currently scheduled to stay in session through Friday. That’s because the House is trying to get all its business done this week, so they can break for six full…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 5/20/19

CALENDAR: Both the House and the Senate will return Monday and stay in session through Thursday.   LAST TWO WEEKS ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Tuesday, May 7, and passed three bills under Suspension of the Rules. The next day, they passed another two bills under Suspension of the…

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Illegal Border Crossings Skyrocketed in February

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) reported an increase in ports of entry and illegal crossings between ports in February. About 76,103 migrants were reported at the border – a significant increase from the nearly 48,000 in January. CBP has seen a 97 percent increase in the first five months of the new fiscal year…

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Voted against the Omnibus Spending Bill

Make calls to thank these Republicans who voted no on omnibus. They stood for our values. SENATE John Barrasso (WY) (202) 224-6441 Bill Cassidy (LA) (202) 224-5824 Bob Corker (TN) (202) 224-3344 Tom Cotton (AR) (202) 224-2353 Mike Crapo (ID) (202) 224-6142 Ted Cruz (TX) (202) 224-5922 Steve Daines (MT) (202) 224-2651 Mike Enzi (WY)…Read More