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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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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Socialism Promises A Lot but Ends in Misery, Says Socialism Survivor

To Bernie Sanders, “Democratic socialism means requiring and achieving political and economic freedom in every community in this country.” Survivor of Communist China, Helen Raleigh, would disagree. Raleigh was born in Chairman Mao’s Communist China and grew up with a “shortage of everything: food, clothing, shoes, and medicine.” Raleigh is an author who immigrated from…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Weekly Report from Washington for 7/01/19

  CALENDAR: The House and Senate are both in recess. The Senate will return on Monday, July 8, while the House will return on Tuesday, July 9.   LAST WEEK ON THE HOUSE FLOOR: The House came back to work on Monday and resumed consideration of H.R. 3055, the minibus appropriations bill combining the appropriations…

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Tea Party Patriots Action Responds to Legislation that Expands Gun Control

Atlanta, GA — Tea Party Patriots Action Honorary Chairman Jenny Beth Martin responds to new gun control legislation expanding background checks for gun sales. “Once again, liberals have shown they care about grandstanding more than they care about passing legislation that will actually make positive changes. Neither HR 8 (the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of…

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Another Push for Draconian Gun Control

Now that Democrats have control of the House, they have begun pushing their gun control agenda. Their latest push has been to regulate private sales and transfers with universal background checks. Already law in a few states like Washington, universal background checks would require gun owners to go through a licensed dealer in order to buy, sell or transfer…

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