Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 10/7/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both in recess for another week. BORDER SECURITY/IMMIGRATION: Following on the Trump Administration’s announcement of its “public charge” rule, the Administration announced on Friday night a new proclamation requiring many future visa applicants to demonstrate that they can afford health insurance. That could make it harder for some poor…

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It’s Time to Adopt the Penny Plan

Our national debt is now over $22 trillion, and with the deficit being so high, we have to shell out cash to pay the interest alone. So far, the net interest payments on the debt are estimated to be over $390 billion this fiscal year.  These numbers will keep going up unless Congress makes proactive…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 8/12/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both in recess, and will not return until September 9. BORDER SECURITY/IMMIGRATION: Just a few hours ago, the Trump Administration released the final version of a rule that will make it easier for the government to ensure that immigrants seeking to enter and stay in the United States, either…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 7/15/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both return on Monday, and stay in session through Thursday.   LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work last Tuesday and took up and passed three bills under Suspension of the Rules. One of those bills was H.R. 1044, the so-called “Fairness for High-Skilled…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 6/10/19

CALENDAR: The House and Senate will both return Monday and stay in session through Thursday.   LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Monday evening and passed two bills under Suspension of the Rules. On Tuesday, the House passed the Rule for consideration of H.R. 6, the American Dream…

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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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